Oakamoor
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| Oakamoor | |
  Oakamoor shown within Staffordshire |
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| Population | 828 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | ST10 |
| Dialling code | 01538 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Oakamoor is a small village located near Cheadle in Staffordshire, England.
Although it is now in a predominately rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley. Factories smelted iron and copper and lumber was also exported. Thomas Bolton's copperworks near the River Churnet supplied copper wire for the first transatlantic telegraph cable.[1] The buildings of the Thomas Bolton factory were demolished in the 1960s, but its sister factory at Froghall remains.
Oakmoor had a station on the Churnet Valley Railway. The railway track leading to Alton railway station has been converted to a footpath.
[edit] Media Interest
In 2004 Oakamoor was the subject of a programme in the Channel Four Time Team archaeology series, which investigated the remains of a blast furnace.
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