Endon
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  Map sources for Endon at grid reference SJ9253
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Endon is a small town in the county of Staffordshire, England, south west of Leek, Staffordshire and south east of Biddulph. The local education consists of three schools; St. Luke's Church of England Primary School, Endon Hall Primary School and Endon High School.
The town is one of only a few outside Derbyshire which practises the ancient custom of Well dressing. There is also a ceremony involving straw, known as "Tossing the Sheaf" where contestants compete to see who can toss a bale of straw the highest over a raised bar.
Endon was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on November 1, 1867. Endon Village Website
