Penkridge

Also known as Penkridge, Staffordshire

Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock, east of Telford and south-east of Newport.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Penkridge
UK place.static_image_caption: Clockwise from top: Penkridge Festival Garden, Market Street, Viaduct, Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and St Michael and All Angels Church
UK place.population: 8,526
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.shire_district: South Staffordshire
UK place.shire_county: Staffordshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
UK place.post_town: STAFFORD
UK place.postcode_district: ST19
UK place.postcode_area

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Contents

Definition
Location
Etymology
Governance
History
Early settlement
Medieval Penkridge
Anglo-Saxon origins
The importance of the church
The grip of the forest
Manors and magnates
Agriculture
Fairs, markets and mills
Reformation and revolution: Penkridge in Tudor and Stuart Times
Dissolution
The Dudley inheritance
Civil war
Changing fortunes: Georgian and Victorian Penkridge
Economy and population
Zenith of the Littletons
The modern village
Facilities
Notable people
Transport
Twin towns
See also
References
External links

The wealthiest establishment in Penkridge in the Middle Ages, its collegiate church building survived the abolition of the chantries and is the tallest structure in the village centre. The parish is crossed towards its eastern border by the M6 motorway and a separate junction north of the M6 Toll between the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent. Penkridge has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line railway next to the Grade I listed medieval church. Penkridge Viaduct and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal are to either side of Market Street and the Old Market Square and are among its landmarks.