In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Talke like this:
TALK-O'-TH'-HILL, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Audley parish, Stafford; 1¼ mile SW of Kidsgrove-Junction r. station, and 5 NNW of Newcastle-under-Lyne. It has a post-office under Stoke-upon-Trent. Real property, £15,660; of which £10,030 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,973; in 1861, 2,406. ...
Houses, 501. The increase of pop. arose from extension of coal mining and iron-manufacture. The hill indicated in the chapelry's name commands a view over parts of nine counties. There is a sulphurous spring. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £138.* Patron, the Vicar of Audley.
Talke through time
Talke is now part of Newcastle under Lyme district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newcastle under Lyme has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Talke itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Talke, in Newcastle under Lyme and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21105
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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