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447: 50: 31: 659: 57: 462:. A weekend fair accompanies the dressing of the well at which a local girl is crowned as the Well Dressing Queen. The fair also includes a contest called "Tossing the Sheaf" where local men compete to see who can toss a bale of straw the highest over a raised bar. The fair is known for bringing the entire village together, which is a rare occasion for most modern villages . 437:
Reaching Endon will be a major milestone for the expansion project, and will mean that passenger trains will reconnect the outskirts of the Potteries with the Churnet Valley and Leek area for the first time since the cut backs of the Beeching Axe. It is also intended to make it possible to travel
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on 1 November 1867 and operated for almost 100 years, closing in 1963 . There are ambitious plans in hand to develop passenger facilities at Endon, bringing the village station back to life after decades of disuse. The project to reconnect Endon is a joint partnership between Moorland & City
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directly from Endon to Alton towers on this passenger train. Later, the intention is to reconnect Endon to Stoke-on-Trent. Large amounts of funding are required to meet this aim .
155: 473:(1883–1917), an English critic and poet, was born at Gratton Hall. Through his writings on art, literature and politics, he had a notable influence upon 96: 275: 434:. Volunteers working on behalf of Churnet Valley Railway, will carry out repairs on the four-mile stretch of track, supported by contractors . 641: 488:": "the lights shine down the valley", was written by Iain Sutherland who was looking from a Stockton Brook farm house down over Endon. 317: 237: 497: 268: 391:
The local education consists of three schools; St. Luke's Church of England Primary School, Endon Hall Primary School and
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The village is unusual in the respect that it is one of only a few outside
404: 119: 30: 634:"JOHN WOODHOUSE MEETS: singer/songwriter Iain Sutherland | Stoke Sentinel" 470: 569: 455: 590: 474: 215: 612: 407:, a branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal, passes around Endon. 197: 658: 106: 550:. Institute of Historical Research. 1996. pp. 175–186 413:, a 17th-century house, lies to the north of the village. 465: 361:, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of 677: 365:and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of 445: 678: 458:which practises the ancient custom of 498:Listed buildings in Endon and Stanley 480:The opening line of the iconic 1976 13: 14: 702: 652: 466:Literary and musical associations 398: 657: 524:. Office for National Statistics 441: 355:Staffordshire Moorlands district 55: 48: 29: 570:"St Luke's C.E. Primary School" 626: 605: 583: 562: 536: 518:"Civil Parish population 2011" 510: 482:Sutherland Brothers and Quiver 1: 503: 56: 7: 593:. Endon Hall Primary School 491: 427:North Staffordshire Railway 376:Together with neighbouring 90:OS grid reference 18:Human settlement in England 10: 707: 416: 686:Villages in Staffordshire 373:in civil parish of Leek. 290: 286: 274: 262: 250: 246: 236: 224: 214: 204: 190: 172: 154: 136: 118: 104: 88: 80: 43: 28: 23: 522:Neighbourhood Statistics 353:is a village within the 36:Parish Church of St Luke 691:Staffordshire Moorlands 638:www.stokesentinel.co.uk 369:. 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Parish Church of St Luke
Endon is located in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
OS grid reference
SJ925535
London
SE
Civil parish
Endon and Stanley
District
Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
ST9
Dialling code
Police
Staffordshire
Fire
Staffordshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK

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