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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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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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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Town: In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township."...

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Staffordshire: Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire ...