Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KNOWL-END

KNOWL-END, a township in Audley parish, Stafford: 4 miles NW of Newcastle-under-Lyne. It contains the hamlet of Shaley-Brook. Real property, £1, 843. Pop., 255. Houses, 46. There are remains of Heley Castle, once the seat of Lords Audley. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Audley CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Knowl End

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