Horton
Horton is a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 781.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 791 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Horton, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rudyard railway station and Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard railway station
Railway station
Rudyard railway station served the village of Rudyard, in Staffordshire, England.
Rudyard Lake
Reservoir
Photo: Philverney, Public domain.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir in Rudyard, Staffordshire, located north-west of the town of Leek, Staffordshire. It was constructed in the late 18th century to feed the Caldon Canal.
Brindley Water Mill
Museum
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Brindley Water Mill is a water mill in the town of Leek, Staffordshire, England, built in 1752 by James Brindley. It was restored to working order in the 1970s, and is now a museum. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade II Listed Building. Brindley Water Mill is situated 2 miles east of Horton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biddulph Moor and Abbey Green.
Biddulph Moor
Village
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Biddulph Moor is a village located on the hill which bears the same name. It is in Biddulph parish and is a part of the Staffordshire Moorlands district in England. Biddulph Moor is situated 2 miles west of Horton.
Abbey Green
Hamlet
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbey Green is a small village in the civil parish of Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is close to the market town of Leek. Abbey Green is situated 2½ miles east of Horton.
Endon
Village
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Endon is a village within the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. It is 4 miles southwest of Leek and 6 miles north-northeast of Stoke-on-Trent. Endon is situated 2½ miles south of Horton.
Horton
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Horton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11332° or 53° 6′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.08822° or 2° 5′ 18″ westPopulation
791Elevation
686 feet (209 metres)Open location code
9C5V4W76+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 7750354113OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2646545Wikidata ID
Q5906815
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Horton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Staffordshire)”
- Cebuano: “Horton”
- Dutch: “Horton, Staffordshire”
- French: “Horton (Staffordshire)”
- French: “Horton”
- Irish: “Horton”
- Japanese: “ホートン”
- Ladin: “Horton”
- Polish: “Horton (Staffordshire)”
- Polish: “Horton”
- Spanish: “Horton (Staffordshire)”
- Spanish: “Horton”
- Swedish: “Horton, Staffordshire”
- Swedish: “Horton”
- “Horton”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include St Michael & All Angels, Horton and Horton Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Horton”. Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.