Talke 2628711 127407670 2007-05-01T13:07:22Z Smc markr 4281711 Link to Talke Pits page {{infobox UK place| |country = England |official_name= Talke |latitude= 53.077 |longitude= -2.263 |population = |shire_district= [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] |shire_county= [[Staffordshire]] |region= West Midlands |constituency_westminster= [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire Moorlands]] |post_town= [[Newcastle-under-Lyme|Newcastle, Staffs]] |postcode_district= ST7 |postcode_area=ST |dial_code= 01782 |os_grid_reference= SJ824533 }} '''Talke''' is a village in the [[England|English]] county of [[Staffordshire]], four miles northwest of [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]]. ==Etymology== Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/talke.htm |title=Literary Heritage - Talke |accessdate=2007-01-14 |publisher=Shropshire County Council }}</ref> Talke is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Talc'' in [[1086]]. ==History== Talke was made a [[civil parish]] in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded [[Audley Urban District]] to being part of the [[Kidsgrove Urban District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10294472 |title= Unit history of Talke |publisher=A Vision of Britain |accessdate=2007-01-14}}</ref> which subsequently became part of the [[Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme]]. Talke and [[Talke Pits]] were formerly mining sites, which is why there are such road names as "Coal Pit Hill". There are no longer remnants of its industrial past, as nowadays Talke is a large housing estate. ==Notable people== [[Reginald Mitchell]] (1895-1937), the creator of the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] aeroplane was a native of the village. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.sermonsplus.co.uk/history.htm History of Talke church and its saint; ''followed by'' comprehensive history of Talke] * [http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/talke.htm Some details] * {{oscoor gbx|SJ824533}} [[Category:Villages in Staffordshire]] [[Category:Newcastle-under-Lyme]] {{Staffordshire-geo-stub}} [[de:Talke]]