Butt Lane - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
N 53° 05.426 W 002° 15.461
30U E 549712 N 5882588
Butt Lane is a village located near to the town of Kidsgrove in North Staffordshire.
Waymark Code: WM143B6
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2021
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Butt Lane is a village near the town of Kidsgrove in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire.
In 1879 St. Saviour's Church was constructed in Butt Lane. It was large and built in imitation Tudor Style with a timber frame filled with concrete and plaster. This replaced a temporary iron church which was re-erected at Rookery. It was consecrated on September 14th. The church was closed in 1972. (
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Reginald Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, the designer of the well- known World War II fighter airplane the Spitfire, was was born on 20th May 1895 at 115 Congleton Road. He was the eldest of the three sons of Herbert Mitchell (1865–1933), a Yorkshireman who served as headmaster successively in three Staffordshire schools. (
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Reginald Mitchell Primary School was originally called Butt Lane Primary School but the name of the school was changed in 1951 as a lasting tribute to Reginald Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire fighter aeroplane.
Mitchell was born very close to the school and it was hoped that his immense contribution to our country would inspire future generations.http://reginaldmitchell.staffs.sch.uk/
On July 12th 1934, Prince George, the Duke of Kent visited Halmerend, Butt Lane, Talke, Audley and Wereton where he visited centres organised as Social Service Clubs and occupational centres for the unemployed.
The Butt Lane Industrial Co-Operative Society was established in February 1879. The Co-op building at the junction of Congleton Road and Church Street, dates from 1891. The building has been enlarged and altered on a number of occasions and was still used by the Co-op as a Late Shop in 2002. It is now used by an insurance company. (
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