Oakamoor

Oakamoor
Village centre
Oakamoor Oakamoor shown within Staffordshire
Population	593 (2011 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SK056447
District	Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST10
Dialling code	01538
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Staffordshire Moorlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°00′00″N 1°55′00″W / 53.000°N 1.91667°W / 53.000; -1.91667

Oakamoor is a small village in north Staffordshire, England.

Although it is now a rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley. Iron was smelted from medieval times. Copper and lumber were also important to the local economy. In the nineteenth century Thomas Bolton's copperworks near the River Churnet supplied copper wire for the first transatlantic telegraph cable.^[2] The buildings of the Thomas Bolton factory were demolished in 1966.

The Churnet Valley Railway passed through Oakamoor. Oakamoor railway station was closed down in 1967. The railway track leading to Alton railway station has been converted to a footpath.

Media Interest

In 2004 Oakamoor was the subject of a television programme in the Channel 4 Time Team archaeology series, which investigated the remains of a blast furnace.^[3]

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 December 2015.
↑ "Oakamoor". Staffordshire County Council web pages. Staffordshire County Council. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
↑ Time Team fan site Retrieved on 2008-06-09

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Ceremonial county of Staffordshire

Unitary authorities	Stoke-on-Trent

Boroughs or districts	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth

Major settlements	Biddulph Burntwood Burton upon Trent Cannock Cheadle Eccleshall Fazeley Hednesford Kidsgrove Leek Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme Penkridge Rugeley Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Burslem Fenton Hanley Longton Stoke Tunstall Stone Tamworth Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire

Rivers	Anker Blithe Churnet Dane Dove Manifold Mease Penk Sow Swarbourn Tame Trent Wheelock

Canals	Birmingham & Fazeley Caldon Lichfield Shropshire Union Staffs & Worcestershire Trent & Mersey Wyrley & Essington

Topics	Flag Museums Schools Grade I buildings Grade II* buildings Windmills High Sheriffs

Civil parishes of Staffordshire Moorlands

Council	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Civil parishes	Alstonefield Alton Bagnall Biddulph Blore with Swinscoe Bradnop Brown Edge Butterton Caverswall Cheadle Checkley Cheddleton Consall Cotton Dilhorne Draycott in the Moors Endon and Stanley Farley Fawfieldhead Forsbrook Grindon Heathylee Heaton Hollinsclough Horton Ilam Ipstones Kingsley Leek Leekfrith Longnor Longsdon Oakamoor Onecote Quarnford Rushton Sheen Tittesworth Warslow and Elkstones Waterhouses Werrington Wetton

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