Heaton, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Heaton, a township in Leek parish, Staffordshire, on the river Dane, at the boundary with Cheshire, 4½ miles NW of Leek. Acreage, 2689; population, 371. Swythamley Park is the seat of the lord of the manor.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Heaton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Heaton)

Maps

Online maps of Heaton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)