Meerbrook, Staffordshire, ST13 8SJ

Date of visit: 13th July 2020

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Meerbrook 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. The Roaches and Hen Cloud, popular walking and climbing locations, are very nearby.

The area grew with the expansion of the early medieval wool industry, and the Cistercian Abbey of Dieulacres held three sheep farms in the village. A chapel was built in 1537, later serving as a schoolroom with a paid schoolmaster until around the 1780s. The present church of St. Matthew sits in the centre of the village, and was built 1870-1873.

The local Meerbrook coalfield was dug commercially from around the 1600s, until 1878. The adit or sough to provide drainage for the mine is over four miles (6.4 km) long.

Part of the village was submerged under the man-made Tittesworth reservoir in the early 1960s. There was a silk manufacturing mill, but this closed in 1970. Meerbrook’s village school closed in 1969, and the building is now a youth hostel.

Internal ref number: SF/118/110

Date of Visit: 13th Jul 2020

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Phone
Phone Number (if known): 01538 300311

Northing & Westing: 53°08’38.6″N, 2°01’01.2″W
what3words: treat.clerk.loosens
Grid Reference: SJ 98959 60769
OS X & Y: 360769, 398959
Latitude & Longitude: 53.144068, -2.017013
UK Postcode: ST13 8SJ
County: Staffordshire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1360970 23/08/1989