Of unknown origin, the first recorded reference to the town's name was in 1282, when it was spelt Congelton. The element Congle could relate to the old Norse kang meaning a bend followed by the element the Old English tun meaning settlement.
History
The first settlements in the Congleton area were Neolithic. Stone Age and Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the town. Congleton was once thought to have been a Roman settlement, although there is no archaeological or documentary evidence to support this. Congleton became a market town after Vikings destroyed nearby Davenport.
Congleton was divided into 23 civil parishes and included no unparished areas. Of the 23 civil parishes, four were administered at this level of local government by town councils: Alsager, Middlewich, Sandbach, and Congleton; with the remainder having parish councils. There are two pairs of civil parishes that are grouped together so that they share a parish council. These are Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths, whose single parish council is called "Hulme Walfield and Somerford Booths Parish Council", and Newbold Astbury and Moreton cum Alcumlow, whose single parish council is called "Newbold Astbury-cum-Moreton Parish Council".
The constituency adjoining the Peak District in Cheshire has since its 1983 creation been a Conservative stronghold.
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Congleton; and the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich ward of Haslington.
1997–present: The Borough of Congleton.
NB: The borough of Congleton and its constituent wards were abolished on 1 April 2009, when they became part of the new unitary authority of Cheshire East.
The constituency was established at the 1983 general election, and was held comfortably until 2010 by the ConservativeAnn Winterton, the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the MP for the adjacent Macclesfield constituency. Both stood down at the 2010 general election; their joint statement cited the hectic life of politics as part of their reason for standing down.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the major regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky which houses two of its major cities, Louisville and Lexington. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky (foaled 1861, died 1875), was a successful AmericanThoroughbredracehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins.
He was by Lexington, who sired three colts in 1861 (out of Glencoe mares) and would each become one of the best race horses in America – Norfolk, Asteroid and Kentucky. Norfolk and Asteroid went undefeated throughout their racing careers, and one of the few horses who ever defeated Kentucky was Norfolk. Kentucky's dam was Magnolia, by the imported British champion Glencoe; Glencoe stood at John Harper's Nantura Stock Farm in Kentucky. His sire line traced back to Herod.
A rangy bay with a narrow white stripe and white off-fore pastern, Kentucky was owned by John Hunter, one of the founders of the Saratoga Race Course and co-owner (and the first chairman) of The Jockey Club.
Racing record
Probably trained by A.J. Minor (the facts are unclear), Kentucky won his only two-year-old start. At age three, racing for John Hunter, William R. Travers and George Osgood, he lost his second start in the inaugural Jersey Derby – coming in fourth to Norfolk. After that he won 20 consecutive races, including the first Travers Stakes in 1864 and the first two runnings of the Saratoga Cup at a distance of 2¼ miles. He also won the first Inaugural Stakes in four mile heats at the newly opened Jerome Park Racetrack. For three seasons (1864, 1865 and 1866), when races were two, three and four miles long, he was the undisputed champion of East Coast racing.
During the Civil War, Thad Goodwin (Charles Waldron) of Elmtree Farm, a local horse breeder resists Capt. John Dillon (Douglass Dumbrille) and a company of Union soldiers confiscating his prize horses. He is killed by Dillon and his youngest son Peter (Bobs Watson) cries at the soldiers riding away with the horses.
75 years later, in 1938, Peter (Walter Brennan) now a crotchety old man, still resides on Elmtree Farm and raises horses with his niece Sally (Loretta Young). Dillon's grandson Jack (Richard Greene) and Sally meet, her not knowing that he was a Dillon. Peter Goodwin dies when his speculation on cotton drops. The Goodwins are forced to auction off nearly all their horses and Jack offers his services to Sally, as a trainer of their last prize horse, "Bessie's Boy", who falls ill.
Walk in CONGLETON Cheshire ENGLAND United Kindom | Town Centre
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, 21 miles south of Manchester and 13 miles north of Stoke on Trent.
published: 25 Mar 2023
Can you have a good night out in... Congleton?
A Saturday crawl around the Cheshire town of Congleton which is quite a magical place! Join us for a look around the town and at the following 17 pubs
The Rams Head
The Lord Mountbatten
The Beartown Tap
The Antelope
Reubens
Crazy Moose
Olde Kings Arms
Ye Olde White Lion
Barley Hops
The Little Street Cellar
R&G's Tap Room
The Foundry
The Bulls Head
The Counting House
Rumba
The Corner Cauldron
Radley & Co.
published: 14 Jan 2024
Brawl between Macclesfield and Congleton supporters 30/8/2021.
published: 31 Aug 2021
Angling Competition - Congleton (1938)
Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go through a turnstile. M/S as a bus passes through. Various shots as families walk along the river bank with their baskets. M/S as they take up their positions by the river. C/U as a man blows his whistle to start the competition. Good C/U profile of a young lady casting off. M/S of another lady sat with her fishing rod. M/S as camera pans up a man waiting for a catch. Various shots of the anglers, young and old, M/S of a basket of wriggling fish, M/S of a man asleep. L/S of the anglers lining the river bank.
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published: 13 Apr 2014
CONGLETON TOWN IN CHESHIRE, TOWN CENTER DYING LIKE MOST :-(
I TRIED TO FLY MY DRONE----------A FIRMWARE UPDATE WAS REQUIRED SOOOOOOOOOO DAMN ;-)
published: 23 Jan 2023
Congleton
A Walk Around This Friendly Area
published: 09 Oct 2021
Macclesfield/Congleton 简介 BNO 港人移民 英國曼城老鬼
published: 12 Nov 2020
British sargeant returns home to Congleton (1945)
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Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
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EARDLEY Sgt. V.C. 17 Lion st. Arr home in Jeep..speech..C/U Americans in escort Band.. crowds welcome
VICTORIA CROSS. Sgt. Eardley welcomed home
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World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, World War Two, marching band, reception, welcome, procession, war hero, medals, awards, Allies
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Congleton To Talke Pits | Street View | Countryside | 2024 🇬🇧
Walk in CONGLETON Cheshire ENGLAND United Kindom | Town Centre
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, Engla...
Walk in CONGLETON Cheshire ENGLAND United Kindom | Town Centre
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, 21 miles south of Manchester and 13 miles north of Stoke on Trent.
Walk in CONGLETON Cheshire ENGLAND United Kindom | Town Centre
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, 21 miles south of Manchester and 13 miles north of Stoke on Trent.
A Saturday crawl around the Cheshire town of Congleton which is quite a magical place! Join us for a look around the town and at the following 17 pubs
The Ram...
A Saturday crawl around the Cheshire town of Congleton which is quite a magical place! Join us for a look around the town and at the following 17 pubs
The Rams Head
The Lord Mountbatten
The Beartown Tap
The Antelope
Reubens
Crazy Moose
Olde Kings Arms
Ye Olde White Lion
Barley Hops
The Little Street Cellar
R&G's Tap Room
The Foundry
The Bulls Head
The Counting House
Rumba
The Corner Cauldron
Radley & Co.
A Saturday crawl around the Cheshire town of Congleton which is quite a magical place! Join us for a look around the town and at the following 17 pubs
The Rams Head
The Lord Mountbatten
The Beartown Tap
The Antelope
Reubens
Crazy Moose
Olde Kings Arms
Ye Olde White Lion
Barley Hops
The Little Street Cellar
R&G's Tap Room
The Foundry
The Bulls Head
The Counting House
Rumba
The Corner Cauldron
Radley & Co.
Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go thr...
Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go through a turnstile. M/S as a bus passes through. Various shots as families walk along the river bank with their baskets. M/S as they take up their positions by the river. C/U as a man blows his whistle to start the competition. Good C/U profile of a young lady casting off. M/S of another lady sat with her fishing rod. M/S as camera pans up a man waiting for a catch. Various shots of the anglers, young and old, M/S of a basket of wriggling fish, M/S of a man asleep. L/S of the anglers lining the river bank.
FILM ID:985.03
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go through a turnstile. M/S as a bus passes through. Various shots as families walk along the river bank with their baskets. M/S as they take up their positions by the river. C/U as a man blows his whistle to start the competition. Good C/U profile of a young lady casting off. M/S of another lady sat with her fishing rod. M/S as camera pans up a man waiting for a catch. Various shots of the anglers, young and old, M/S of a basket of wriggling fish, M/S of a man asleep. L/S of the anglers lining the river bank.
FILM ID:985.03
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
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ENGLAND: Various:
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EARDLEY Sgt. V.C. 17 Lion st. Arr home in Jeep..speech..C/U Americans in escort Band.. crowds welcome
VICTORIA CROSS. Sgt. Eardley welcomed home
Personalities - Armed Forces; Military - Ceremonial
World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, World War Two, marching band, reception, welcome, procession, war hero, medals, awards, Allies
Background: Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
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Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
Full Description:
ENGLAND: Various:
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EARDLEY Sgt. V.C. 17 Lion st. Arr home in Jeep..speech..C/U Americans in escort Band.. crowds welcome
VICTORIA CROSS. Sgt. Eardley welcomed home
Personalities - Armed Forces; Military - Ceremonial
World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, World War Two, marching band, reception, welcome, procession, war hero, medals, awards, Allies
Background: Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
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Walk in CONGLETON Cheshire ENGLAND United Kindom | Town Centre
Congleton is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The town is by the River Dane, 21 miles south of Manchester and 13 miles north of Stoke on Trent.
A Saturday crawl around the Cheshire town of Congleton which is quite a magical place! Join us for a look around the town and at the following 17 pubs
The Rams Head
The Lord Mountbatten
The Beartown Tap
The Antelope
Reubens
Crazy Moose
Olde Kings Arms
Ye Olde White Lion
Barley Hops
The Little Street Cellar
R&G's Tap Room
The Foundry
The Bulls Head
The Counting House
Rumba
The Corner Cauldron
Radley & Co.
Item title reads - Congleton.
Fishing competition at Congleton, Cheshire.
L/S of anglers milling about on the platform at the train station, they go through a turnstile. M/S as a bus passes through. Various shots as families walk along the river bank with their baskets. M/S as they take up their positions by the river. C/U as a man blows his whistle to start the competition. Good C/U profile of a young lady casting off. M/S of another lady sat with her fishing rod. M/S as camera pans up a man waiting for a catch. Various shots of the anglers, young and old, M/S of a basket of wriggling fish, M/S of a man asleep. L/S of the anglers lining the river bank.
FILM ID:985.03
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
Full Description:
ENGLAND: Various:
EXT
EARDLEY Sgt. V.C. 17 Lion st. Arr home in Jeep..speech..C/U Americans in escort Band.. crowds welcome
VICTORIA CROSS. Sgt. Eardley welcomed home
Personalities - Armed Forces; Military - Ceremonial
World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, World War Two, marching band, reception, welcome, procession, war hero, medals, awards, Allies
Background: Victoria Cross awardee, Sargeant Eardley, returns to family in England
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