Kidsgrove

Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. From the eighteenth century, it grew around coal mining, although the mines have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town, now demolished, was a local theme park.

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Town - Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme - Staffordshire - England - Cheshire - Eighteenth century - Coal mining - Clough Hall Mansion - Theme park

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Thomas Telford designed the Harecastle tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal.

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Thomas Telford - Tunnel - Trent and Mersey Canal - Macclesfield Canal

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Bathpool Park, south of the town is where Donald Neilson, the killer known as the Black Panther, took 17-year-old Lesley Whittle after kidnapping her in 1975, and ultimately, where he killed her.

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Donald Neilson - Lesley Whittle - 1975

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