Penkhull

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District of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

title: "Penkhull" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["areas-of-stoke-on-trent"] description: "District of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England" topic_path: "general/areas-of-stoke-on-trent" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penkhull" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary District of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England ::

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countryEngland
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coordinates
static_imageGreyhound Inn, Penkhull.jpg
population6,518
population_ref(2011.Ward. Penkhull and Stoke)
unitary_englandStoke-on-Trent
lieutenancy_englandStaffordshire
regionWest Midlands
constituency_westminsterStoke-on-Trent Central
post_townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
postcode_districtST4
postcode_areaST
dial_code01782
os_grid_referenceSJ868448
static_image_2_namePenkhull_village_flag.svg
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| country = England | official_name = Penkhull | coordinates = | static_image = Greyhound Inn, Penkhull.jpg | population = 6,518 | population_ref = (2011.Ward. Penkhull and Stoke) | unitary_england = Stoke-on-Trent | lieutenancy_england = Staffordshire | region = West Midlands | constituency_westminster = Stoke-on-Trent Central | post_town = STOKE-ON-TRENT | postcode_district = ST4 | postcode_area = ST | dial_code = 01782 | os_grid_reference = SJ868448 | static_image_2_name = Penkhull_village_flag.svg | static_image_2_width = 150 | static_image_2_caption = Flag | static_image_caption = The Greyhound Inn Penkhull is a district of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, part of Penkhull and Stoke electoral ward, and Stoke Central parliamentary constituency.

Penkhull is a conservation area, and includes Grade II listed buildings such as the church and Greyhound Inn public house.

Etymology

The name Penkhull is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form Pinchetel. Moving beyond nineteenth-century speculations, twentieth-century place-name researchers have identified the origin of the name Penkhull as two Common Brittonic words: *penno- (head) and *kēto- (woodland), corresponding to modern Welsh pen coed. Thus the name once meant "end of the wood". This Brittonic place-name was adopted by speakers of Old English, who added the Old English word hyll ("hill") to the end. The idea of a 'head' or 'end' is topographically apt, since the village is sited on the elevated end of a long strip of valley-side woodland which begins at the ancient Bradwell Wood five miles to the north.

History

The early origins date from 2500 BC, and there have been three archaeological finds from this period. A study by the local city Council stated of Penkhull that... "it has held a settlement for over four thousand years".

The Domesday Book records it as two hides of land in the Hundred of Pirehill and that it was held by Earl Algar.

Penkhull was a Royal Manor from the time of William the Conqueror 1086, and the last record of its title as a Royal Manor was in 1308 under King (Edward II).

Penkhull was developed by Josiah Spode II as a dormitory suburb of Stoke-upon-Trent, the town from which the city of Stoke-on-Trent took its name.

The Church

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Penkhull_Church_-geograph.org.uk-_150917.jpg" caption="Church of St Thomas, Penkhull"] ::

The ecclesiastical parish was created out of the parish of Stoke in 1844 when the church of St. Thomas was built. The church is by Scott and Moffatt. The Revd Thomas Webb Minton, the son of Thomas Minton and Rector of Darlington, gave the sum of £2,000 to be invested from which the interest provided an income for the Vicar. The aisles were added in 1892 by Edward Prioleau Warren. The Village Hall was built at the same time and was at that time a Church of England school for the poor.

Music and Performing Arts

Penkhull has a number of music and performing arts events, including annual Mystery Plays and community pantomime. There is also a Domesday Morris every January to celebrate good health and a successful fruit crop for the year ahead.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Oliver_Joseph_Lodge3.jpg" caption="Oliver Joseph Lodge"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg" caption="Stanley Matthews statue in Hanley town centre"] ::

Sport

References

References

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  2. [http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/014.htm Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries] retrieved Feb 2017
  3. Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names'', 2nd edn (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940), s.v. ''Penkhull''.
  4. John Ward, ''The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent'' (1843) had suggested the possibility of the Celtic British ''Pen'' (head) and ''Kyl'' (kiln).
  5. ''The Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8'' (1965).
  6. Stoke-on-Trent City Council. ''Penkhull Village Conservation Area Appraisal'' report, March 2008.
  7. ''Domesday Book Staffordshire'' 1086, Phillimore & Co Ltd, Chichester 1976.
  8. Richard Talbot; ''The Church and Ancient Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent'', Webberley Ltd, Hanley, 1969 (page 57)
  9. [https://www.achurchnearyou.com/penkhull-st-thomas/ Church of England website] retrieved Feb 2015
  10. [http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/013.htm Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries] retrieved Feb 2017
  11. [[Nikolaus Pevsner]]; ''The Buildings of England: Staffordshire'', Penguin Books Ltd, 1974. {{ISBN. 0-14-071046-9. Page 263.
  12. "Local Events".
  13. [http://www.thepotteries.org/people/whieldon_thos.htm thepotteries.org website, local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England] retrieved January 2018
  14. [http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/016.htm Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries] retrieved Feb 2017
  15. {{cite EB1911
  16. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050102191427/http://www3.sympatico.ca/sylvia.paul/CharlesTomlinson_index.htm The Charles Tomlinson Resource Centre website archive] retrieved January 2018
  17. (22 March 2011). "Neil Morrissey revisits his children's home roots". The Guardian.
  18. [http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4914 SoccerBase Database] retrieved January 2018
  19. [http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/015.htm Website of Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries] retrieved Feb 2017
  20. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/9551065.stm BBC Sport, 29 July 2011] retrieved January 2018
  21. [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19544.html ESPN cricinfo Database] retrieved January 2018

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