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Interested in the history of Penkhull, well this may be of interest to you. Only 70 copies now left out of 2,000!

This is a book for reading, not a book just of pictures with a few captions. It is a book packed with information about the area commencing from the Ice Age<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Ice Age</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene" />
</span>, the Iron Age, the Roman occupation, the Bronze<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Bronze</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age" />
</span>, the Middle Ages<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Middle Ages</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" />
</span>, the industrial<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">industrial</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" />
</span> revolution right up to the present day containing information researched over the last twenty years and two years in the making.

The early invaders into this area have left evidence dating from the middle Neolithic period in the form of a flint arrow-head, bronze-age incense<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">incense</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense" />
</span> cup and a stone<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">stone</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(G.I._Joe)" />
</span> axe head. It was from a period of nearly 5,000 years ago that the village<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">village</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village" />
</span> of Penkhull was created, probable because of its elevated<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/MedicalCondition">
        <span itemprop="name">elevated</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkalemia" />
</span> and defensive situation standing above the River Trent and the Lyme Brook. Penkhull was a Royal Manor from the time of William the Conqueror to at least 1308, the time of Edwards II<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
        <span itemprop="name">Edwards II</span>
</span> before it became absorbed into the Royal Manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The men of Penkhull provided guard at the castle as a form of rental.

Following the demise<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">demise</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demise" />
</span> of the castle, Penkhull became the seat<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">seat</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" />
</span> for the Manorial Courts in what is now the Greyhound Inn. These Manor Court<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">Manor Court</span>
</span> records dating from 1350 have survived forming the largest data-base of manor court records for the Manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the world. It is from these records that much of the history of the area has been obtained, material<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">material</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiality_(law)" />
</span> that has never been used by any previous historian which helps to paint a picture of life from the middle ages to the present day.

The book consists of twenty-three chapters cover every aspect the history of the ancient<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">ancient</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" />
</span> Royal Manor. Each has been meticulously researched by the author and the book represents an accurate record of events<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">events</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_(meeting)" />
</span> based entirely upon original research. The material for each subject has been placed into context with both national and local events and comparisons drawn from statistics<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">statistics</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics" />
</span> from elsewhere to show how life in North Staffordshire compared from in other areas.

Who were the first invaders and what would their settlement<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">settlement</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_(litigation)" />
</span> consist of? Pagan worship was part of life and the subject of human sacrifice will be covered and so will the origins of Stoke Church<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">Stoke Church</span>
</span> which in all probability<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">probability</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability" />
</span> replaced a druid circle as Christianity took hold.

Not only is this book describing Penkhull from the melting<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">melting</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting" />
</span> of the ice<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">ice</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" />
</span>, the first invaders into the area but also a full explanation of the discoveries which prove that Penkhull was inhabited some 4,000 years ago. The movement to the Bronze, through the Iron Age, the Roman occupation<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Roman occupation</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" />
</span> nearby, the Anglo-Saxon settlement which brought stability and order make interesting reading.

For the first time the account of Domesday in 1086 will be explored with its implications. With the use of ancient records, a map drawn of those seventeen original homesteads of Domesday, something very impressive. Then what does the name of Penkhull mean, what were the various spellings. How did the new Norman rulers treat the villagers with regards to punishments if caught hunting in the Royal forests?

The records for the manor courts held for around four hundred years in an old farmhouse in the centre of the village have survived.

One chapter is set aside for the purpose of explaining first the manorial legal<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">legal</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_firm" />
</span> system and the contents and purpose of the courts from 1350 onwards and how the law<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">law</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law" />
</span> under the feudal system was administered. They tell a story<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">story</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative" />
</span> all of their own of how all the land<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">land</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape" />
</span> was owned by the Duchy of Lancaster as lord of the manor.

The history provides a full account of the rise of the Primitive and Anglican churches from the early pioneers who built the chapel in 1836 and provides an illuminating history of the origins of the Parish Church<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">Parish Church</span>
</span> on the former manor waste in the centre of the village.

A medieval Hospital<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Hospital</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital" />
</span> once stood of the site of the current University Hospital<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">University Hospital</span>
</span>. Excavations some eight years ago exposed the few remains. For the first time the findings, with photographs and brief history of this Hospital right on the door-step of Penkhull is included.

Agriculture<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Agriculture</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture" />
</span> was the main occupation of Penkhull folk supplying the needs of both Newcastle and Stoke until the years between the wars.

Furthermore, the development from a mediaeval village which for hundreds of years remained in a time-warp to what we have today forms the basis of changing nature<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">nature</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature" />
</span> of population<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">population</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population" />
</span> and land ownership<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">ownership</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ownership" />
</span> until the concluding chapter of urbanisation.

The blame was placed firmly on the shoulders<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">shoulders</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder" />
</span> of the Vicar at the time.

T.V. Well Penkhull has its own Dads Army, Penkhull Home Guard. Here actual recordings of those involved made some 48 years ago by the author have been transcribed. Together with the abundance of church magazines and the vicars war diary a history of life in the village has been accomplished, even down to food and petrol<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">petrol</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol_engine" />
</span> rationing.

Penkhull for burial<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">burial</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial" />
</span>.

On the happier side, during the 1930s there was a series on annual Revue type shows under the title of Penkhull Belles . Pictures and reports<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">reports</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report" />
</span> have survived as have that series of over 20 annual Christmas<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Christmas</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" />
</span> Pantomimes presented by Penkhull Methodists Chapel. The pictures of these and the memories take pride of place.

It unfolds a story of sadness<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">sadness</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadness" />
</span> on how the poor were housed, segregated, almost starved to death, just because there were poor. The history covers the first parish workhouse, later known as Victoria Buildings<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
        <span itemprop="name">Victoria Buildings</span>
</span> which dates from the early 16thcentury until 1832.

In 1901 the Guardians of the Poor decided to segregate the children<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">children</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child" />
</span> from adults<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">adults</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult" />
</span> giving them a better chance of life in a system of care<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">care</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_care" />
</span>. They were re-housed in Penkhull Cottage Homes, a group of houses, still standing. Here research has been done on the minute books of the homes. These together with interviews of many of the children at the home brings such sadness to many as they record their lives in the home and the physical punishments dished out to some each day. Many from these homes were sent to training ships<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">ships</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship" />
</span> with harsh treatment<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">treatment</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy" />
</span>, even the birch<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">birch</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch" />
</span>. Others were sent to Canada and Australia to work on the land from the ages of 9 years to 16 years.

Urbanisation of Penkhull

Almost the story of every street in the village is told. Who were the important people? What shops, pubs<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">pubs</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub" />
</span> and beer houses were there? What were the important properties? The collection of documents<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">documents</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document" />
</span>, photographs and deeds included in this chapter is phenomenal. Many will bring back such happy memories.

Chartist<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">Chartist</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism" />
</span> Riots<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Riots</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot" />
</span> in 1842 and therefore an almost blow-to-blow account is written covering the issues both in Penkhull and other parts of the city<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">city</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City" />
</span>.

No matter what aspect of interest the reader of local history may have there is something to be found in this huge work for every taste and a serious interest to students<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">students</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student" />
</span> and scholars throughout the country<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">country</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country" />
</span>. These are just a fraction of the subjects covered to choose from which there is something for everyone. Never has there before been such a wide-ranging study made of the area, the implications of which will transform the knowledge of this part of North Staffordshire.

This book may be obtained direct from Dr. Talbot. Its reduced from £25 to just £15 to clear remaining copies and delivered free to Penkhull. Outside there is a £5 additional charge. Payment<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Payment</span>
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</span> address on my email address<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">email address</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address" />
</span>. Please message me for bank details.

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</span>

The tutor for Penkhull History Society is

Dr Richard Talbot<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
        <span itemprop="name">Richard Talbot</span>
</span> MBE, PhD, M.Phil, F.R.Hist.S.

a long established academic historian who until recently lived in Penkhull for over 40 years but was originally from the town of Stoke. He attended Boothen C of E Junior School, then St. Peters Secondary School<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">School</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_Harvard_Law_School" />
</span> near to the old Victoria Ground<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
        <span itemprop="name">Victoria Ground</span>
</span> in Boothen Old Road, Stoke.

As his interest grew he decided to see if he could attend university to obtain a degree in history. As a mature student, with a number of history books to his credit he was accepted by Keele University<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
        <span itemprop="name">Keele University</span>
</span> on an M.Phil three year course and was successful.Â

Following his publication of his last work

Victorian Poor Law.

The Sentinel<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing">
        <span itemprop="name">Sentinel</span>
        <link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi" />
</span> newspaper.

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