Whitmore is a village, civil parish and small curacy in the county of Staffordshire, England, near Newcastle-under-Lyme. Besides Whitmore, the parish also includes the hamlets of Acton, Butterton and Shutlanehead.
| Whitmore | |
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  Whitmore Location within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 1,554 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ810407 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Newcastle |
| Postcode district | ST5 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The name Whitmore can be found in the Domesday book (as Witemore) and also when King John signed Magna Carta at Runnymede.
Whitmore Hall, designated a house of outstanding architectural and historical interest and a fine example of a small Carolean-style manor house, is the home of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family.
Butterton gives its name to the Butterton-Swynnerton dykes, a set of igneous intrusion of Palaeogene age which run NNW-SSE through the area. Butterton dyke was discovered by Charles Darwin in 1842.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Muir-Wood, Robert (2024). This Volcanic Isle. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780198871620.
External links
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