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Meerbrook (grid reference SJ989609) is a small village in North Staffordshire, on the River Churnet at the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is situated four miles north of the town of Leek, in the parish of Leekfrith.[1] The Roaches and Hen Cloud, popular walking and climbing locations, are very nearby.
^White, William (1834). History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire. Published by the author. p. 712. Meerbrook.
Meerbrook (grid reference SJ989609) is a small village in North Staffordshire, on the River Churnet at the edge of the Peak District National Park. It...
towards the end of the 19th century. Some soughs were very extensive. Meerbrook sough is over four miles in length. Digging such long tunnels took a long...
September since 1996, which raises money for local charities. The village of Meerbrook in Staffordshire holds an annual Scarecrow Festival during the month of...
River Dove 13.8 °C (56.8 °F) Bradwell Spring 12.4 °C (54.3 °F) Crich, Meerbrook Sough, Leashaw Farm 17 °C (63 °F) Crich, Ridgeway Sough, Whatstandwell...
May 1959 and was completed in 1963. Nine properties in the village of Meerbrook were flooded by the extended reservoir, including The Fountain Inn. A...
Tittesworth are to the west and east. The civil parish includes the village of Meerbrook, the Roaches (a rocky ridge in the north-east) and most of Tittesworth...
water users in a number of legal cases. In 1772, however, a new sough, Meerbrook Sough, had been started nearby, some 30m lower than Cromford Sough. By...
railway tracks from Ravenstor railway station, where the Meerbrook Sough Mine area lies. The Meerbrook Sough drained water from the nearby quarries and led...
Dorothy Margaret Stuart, née Browne (1889, Meerbrook, Staffordshire – 14 September 1963) was a British poet and writer. In 1924 she won a silver medal...
In 1846 the mining beneath Wirksworth had reached such a depth that Meerbrook Sough was built, draining into the Derwent near Whatstandwell, which deprived...
and Lincoln. (Repealed by County Courts Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95)) Meerbrook Sough Act 1841 4 & 5 Vict. c. lxxxviii 21 June 1841 An Act to incorporate...
Croxden, Mayfield and Waterfall, Butterton (Mayfield parish), Endon, Meerbrook, Onecote and Rushton Spencer (all in the ancient parish of Leek). Of the...
Three Trees area and at the bottom of Steeple Grange (Spring Close and Meerbrook Drive). In the future, it is planned to build new housing estates to the...
are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Meerbrook and the hamlet of Upper Hulme, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed...
in the whole of the Wirksworth area was eventually accomplished by the Meerbrook Sough, begun at the level of the river Derwent in 1772, at a time when...
miles/18.3 km). 17. Tittesworth Reservoir to Wildboarclough Along a lane to Meerbrook across the reservoir, heading north up a footpath around the end of a...
Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020. Historic England. "Meerbrook sough portal 380m south west of Leashaw Farm (1017652)". National Heritage...
Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 January 2023 Historic England, "Meerbrook Sough Engine House, Wirksworth (1245847)", National Heritage List for...
were probably never used and they were later removed. A small siding at Meerbrook was laid by 1878, on the down side, serving a tramroad spur from Staple...
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