Whitmore, Staffordshire

Human settlement in England

Whitmore

Whitmore

Location within Staffordshire

Population| 1,554 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference| SJ810407
District|

* Newcastle-under-Lyme

Shire county|

* Staffordshire

Region|

* West Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Newcastle
Postcode district| ST5
Dialling code| 01782
Police| Staffordshire
Fire| Staffordshire
Ambulance| West Midlands
UK Parliament|

* Stafford

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England
Staffordshire

52°57′51″N 2°17′00″W﻿ / ﻿52.9642°N 2.2834°W﻿ / 52.9642; -2.2834

Whitmore is a village, civil parish and small curacy in the county of Staffordshire, England, near Newcastle-under-Lyme.

## Village

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Besides Whitmore, the parish also includes the hamlets of Acton, Butterton and Shutlanehead.

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

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* Listed buildings in Whitmore, Staffordshire

## References

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1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
2. ^ Muir-Wood, Robert (2024). This Volcanic Isle. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 93\. ISBN 9780198871620.

## External links

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Civil parishes of Newcastle-under-Lyme

* Audley Rural
* Balterley
* Betley
* Chapel and Hill Chorlton
* Keele
* Kidsgrove (town)
* Loggerheads
* Madeley
* Maer
* Silverdale
* Whitmore

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