Loggerheads, Staffordshire
| Loggerheads | |
| Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ739358 |
| Location: | 52°55’9"N, 2°23’21"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,359 (2001) |
| Post town: | Market Drayton |
| Postcode: | TF9 |
| Dialling code: | 01630 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Stone |
Loggerheads is a village and parish in Staffordshire on the A53 road between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme, close to the border with Shropshire.
History
Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium which was a tuberculosis sanitorium. It stood in the 250-acre Burntwood woodland. It was opened in 1962 and the last two patients were discharged in October 1969. It was believed at the time that the fresh air was an effective treatment for the disease and patients were sometimes put outside in their beds and encouraged to breathe in the air. The site stood closed for a few years, then in 1977 Newcastle-under-Lyme Council purchased the site for redevelopment.[1][2]
The Burntwood was once large oak woodland, now very much coniferous. It was part of the Blore Forest. The oak trees were removed to make way for the quicker growing softwood - of more commercial value.
The village has a large number of listed buildings.[3]
Schools
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Staffordshire Loggerheads, Staffordshire) |
- Whats On in and around loggerheads
- Loggerheads Community Information Shop
- The Turner Hodgkiss Community Nature Reserve