Penkhull
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| Penkhull | |
  Penkhull shown within Staffordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Ceremonial county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode district | ST4 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Penkhull is a township within Stoke-upon-Trent in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire. The Domesday Book records it as two hides of land in the Hundred of Pirehill and that it was held by Earl Algar.[1]
Penkhull was developed by Herbert Minton as a dormitory suburb of Stoke. The ecclesiastical parish was created out of the parish of Stoke in 1844[2] when the church of St. Thomas was built by Scott and Moffatt at the expense of the Revd Thomas Webb Minton. The aisles were added in 1892 by Edward Prioleau Warren.[3]
Penkhull is one of 20 or so conservation areas in Stoke-on-Trent (the others including the nearby estate called The Villas and diverse areas such as the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Albert Square and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The conservation area is home to the Grade II Listed Pub & Restaurant The Greyhound Inn.
The township is part of the Hartshill and Penkhull electoral ward, and the Stoke Central parliamentary constituency which is currently represented by Mark Fisher MP.
[edit] Schooling
Around Penkull there are a number of high schools, the most notable being St.Peters high school. A highly religious school which main ethos is respect and most other christian values. It is a large school with around 600 pupils it is a good school that provides a good education to pupils from all over the city regarless of distance (but not from unfeaseable distances) .Another nearby school is Thistley hough which also offers a good education but without the ethos of Christianity. Penkhull used to be called Penkhill
[edit] References
- ^ Domesday Book Staffordshire 1086, Phillimore & Co Ltd, Chichester 1976
- ^ Richard Talbot; The Church and Ancient Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, Webberley Ltd, Hanley, 1969 (page 57)
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner; The Buildings of England - Staffordshire, Penguin Books Ltd, 1974. ISBN 0-14-071046-9 (page 263)
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