Whiston, Staffordshire Moorlands

Coordinates: 53°01′19″N 1°56′42″W / 53.022°N 01.945°W / 53.022; -01.945
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Whiston
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStoke-on-Trent
Postcode districtST10
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
53°01′19″N 1°56′42″W / 53.022°N 01.945°W / 53.022; -01.945

Whiston is a village in the

Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall
.

History

In 1769 the fifth Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, opened a new Lead and Copper smelting works, supplementing his mining works at nearby Ecton.

See also