Loggerheads, Staffordshire
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| Population | 1,359 |
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| OS grid reference | SJ739358 |
| District | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Nr. Market Drayton |
| Postcode district | TF9 |
| Dialling code | 01630 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Stone |
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Coordinates: 52°55′09″N 2°23′21″W / 52.9192°N 2.3893°W
Loggerheads is a village and civil parish in north-west Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Name
The village takes its name from that of the public house, which used to be known as The Three Loggerheads (meaning "The Three Fools") [1] and is now simply The Loggerheads.[2]
History
Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanitorium, which stood in the 250 acres (100 ha) Burntwood woodland. It was opened in the 1920's and the last two patients were discharged in October 1969. It was believed at the time that the fresh air was an effective treatment for the disease and patients were sometimes put outside in their beds and encouraged to breathe in the air. The site stood closed for a few years, then in 1977 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council purchased the site for redevelopment.[3][4]
The Burntwood, part of the Blore Forest, was once a large oak woodland but is now predominantly coniferous. The oak trees were removed to make way for the quicker growing softwoods which are of more commercial value.
The village is close to the border of Shropshire and Cheshire. It has a Telford postcode and a Shropshire address, but is governed by the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in Staffordshire.
The village of Ashley, Staffordshire is adjacent. The village has a large number of listed buildings.[5]
Schools
- The Hugo Meynell Primary School
- St Mary's School Mucklestone: website
Other places nearby
External links
Media related to Loggerheads, Staffordshire at Wikimedia Commons
- Whats On in and around loggerheads
- Loggerheads Community Information Shop
- The Turner Hodgkiss Community Nature Reserve
References
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