This website has been prepared to provide an outline to the history of the village of Checkley, Staffordshire. It has been prepared in good faith but if you believe that there need to be any amendments or you have other comments please email trail@checkleystaffs.co.uk . If it is about a specific matter then please identify the page that you believe may need to be adjusted.
Although all the information is believed to be correct, no responsibility for loss arising from any errors can be accepted.
Thank you.
The information contained within this website has been drawn from a number of different locations some of which are mentioned below:
• Checkley – A History Trail - a leaflet by Margaret Johnson of the Tean and Checkley Historical Society to coincide with the millennium.
• The History of Checkley School – 1979 – author unknown
• Checkley, Where Time Stands Still – Jim Foley – 1992
• Checkley Church was Sharpening Stone for Archers of Old – an article in the Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel – 7 January 1955
• Hansard – 19 March 1984
• St Mary & All Saints Church, Checkley – by Clive Smith – Approximately 1990
• SMDC – Planning website
• Turnpikes in the Uttoxeter Area – a leaflet written by Patricia Turner – Approximately 1980
• W Yates map of Staffordshire – 1798
• Ordnance Survey Maps 1857, 1880, 1898, 1901, 1957, 1971 and 2017
• Wikipedia on Turnpike Trusts
• Turnpike Roads in England & Wales – a website by Alan Rosevear
• Sylloge of Mile Markers in Staffordshire – by John Higgins – 2008
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - website
• The National Archives - Domesday Book details
All photographs on this site are by Peter Taylor
(except for the Domesday Book reproduction which is from the National Archives).
Site prepared by Peter Taylor and last updated July 2022 - (V-8)