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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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]
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