The medieval hamlet of Checkley in Staffordshire grew up in the shallow valley on the north bank of the meandering River Tean and its history goes back to the days of the Anglo Saxons. This website hopes to give you an insight into some of the history of the village.

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book (see link below) and there are Saxon Crosses in the churchyard which date from the 9th century.

It is possible that the area may have been visited even earlier by the Romans – there is evidence of a Roman road about a mile north of the village. There was certainly a Roman fort at Rocester, about 4 miles north of Uttoxeter which was founded in about AD69 and occupied until about AD400. That fort was on the Roman road from Derby to Newcastle-under-Lyme and onwards to Deva (Chester).
The line of that road can be easily seen from modern day maps which show it running from Rocester, through Hollington and into Tean and then on to Bylthe Bridge.