Staffordshire Place Guide - Audley

Audley

All of the links in the table below enable you to view Collection catalogues in our online catalogue Gateway to the Past. Where there is no link this is either because we hold the collection but the catalogue is not yet online, or because the collection is held by another Archive Service, or is still in the hands of the organisation itself.

Location

• OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: 11NW
• OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: SJ75SE
• OS National Grid reference: SJ799509

Church of England

•  Ancient Parish: Audley, St James the Great

• Ancient Chapelry: Betley, St Margaret

• Modern Parishes: Alsagers Bank, St John (from 1911); Chesterton, Holy Trinity (from 1846); Chesterton, St Chad, Red Street mission church (from ); Talke, St Martin (from 1741); Talke, St Saviour (from )

Local Government

• Civil Parishes: Audley (to 1932); Audley Rural (1932-date); Hardings Wood (1894-date); Talke (1932-date).  See also note 1 below.
• Hundred: Pirehill North
• Poor Law Union: Newcastle under Lyme Poor Law Union (1836-1930)
• District Council (a): Audley, later Audley Rural and Talke, civil parishes: Audley Urban Distict  (1894-1932); Newcastle under Lyme Rural District (1832-1974); Newcastle under Lyme Borough (1974-date)
• District Council (b): Hardings Wood civil parish: Kidsgrove Urban District (1894-1974); Newcastle under Lyme Borough (1974-date)

Parliamentary Representation

• Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974) (a): Audley : Northern Staffordshire (1832-1867); North Staffordshire (1867-1885); North Western Staffordshire (1885-1918); Stone (1918-1948); Stafford and Stone (1948-1974)
• Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974) (b): Talke : Northern Staffordshire (1832-1867); North Staffordshire (1867-1885); North Western Staffordshire (1885-1918); Stone (1918-1948); Leek (1948-1974)

Nonconformist Churches

• Methodist churches: Audley Central Methodist Church; Audley Primitive Methodist Chapel, later The People's Methodist Church, Audley; Butt Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel; Red Street Methodist Church; Red Street Primitive Methodist Chapel; Wesley Place Methodist Church, Halmer End; Wood Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel
• Congregational, Presbyterian and United Reformed churches: Halmerend Congregational Chapel

Other organisations

• Charities: Charities see also note 2 below.

Photographs

• Building conservation photographs: Building conservation photographs for Audley  Please see note 3 below.

Notes

• Note 1: Audley included the township/chapelry of Betley for ecclesiastical, but not civil, purposes.
• Note 2: Please note that some charity records may also be found within the records of ancient parishes above.
• Note 3: This link provides a hitlist of photographs included within a larger collection covering the entire county.