Audley, Staffordshire
Coordinates: 53°03′20″N 2°18′16″W / 53.0555°N 2.3045°W
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 Audley's Parish Church of St James |
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 Audley
Audley shown within Staffordshire |
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| Population | 5,770 |
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| OS grid reference | SJ796509 |
| District | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode district | ST7 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Audley is a rural village approximately four miles north west of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish.
The first mention of Audley is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was called Aldidelege, when the lands were held by a Saxon called Gamel. At this time, the area was very sparsely populated, and because of its distance from the major towns of Stafford and Chester there was little outside contact. There was a medieval castle at Audley Castle Hill during the late 13th century; only a low earthwork remains of the former motte. Excavations have yielded some stonework.[1]
James Audley, a founding member of the order of the Garter, was the illegitimate son of Thomas Audley, whose commemorative brass is in St James Church in Audley. Thomas was the son of the second Lord Audley, James.
Audley is located on the B5500, the former A52 road. Just south of the A500, the village is approximately five minutes from the M6 motorway. The village was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 28 June 1880.
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[edit] Sport
Audley has Football, cricket and bowling clubs within the village. For the 2010/2011 season the football club played in Division 1 of the Staffordshire County League Staffordshire County Senior League. Audley Cricket club play in the North Staffs South Cheshire Premier League North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League, which they won in 2007. Audley's Kent Hills ground has hosted 3 Minor counties games; v shropshire in 2010 and v suffolk in 2009 and 2006.[2]
[edit] Schools
At the Wolverhampton Girls' High School one of the four houses is named after Audley, the others being Ferrers, Paget and Stafford. Its colour is yellow.
[edit] Notable residents
Robert Latham (deceased), Pepys Librarian at Magdalen College, Cambridge
[edit] References
- ^ Davis, Philip (13 November 2007). "Audley Castle Hill". The Gatehouse. http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/3306.html. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- ^ "Kent Hills Ground". espn cric info. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/248088.html.
- Audley Parish Millennium 1000 – 2000 AD, ed. Robert Speake
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