Loggerheads is a village and civil parish in north-west Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The village is close to the border with Shropshire and Cheshire.
The civil parish extends north east from the Shropshire Union Canal outside Market Drayton. Apart from Loggerheads, much the largest village in the parish, the parish includes the villages of Almington, Hales, Mucklestone, and Ashley, the hamlets of Blore, Oakley, Napley, Winnington and Knighton, and the northern part of the hamlet of Hookgate.
Name The village takes its name from that of the public house, which used to be known as The Three Loggerheads and is now simply The Loggerheads.The Loggerheads Inn It has been stated that the "Three Loggerheads" meant "Three Fools" Stoke & Staffordshire > Places > Towns and Villages > Loggerheads - BBC.co.uk although the three leopard heads on the Shrewsbury coat of arms and the Flag of Shropshire are also called "loggerheads".
History Loggerheads was historically a small hamlet within the parish of Ashley, at the junction of the road from Market Drayton to Newcastle (now the A53) and the road from Eccleshall to Nantwich (now the B5026). It grew rapidly in the 20th century, and in 1984 it became the centre of the new civil parish of Loggerheads, which was formed from the civil parishes of Ashley, Mucklestone and Tyrley, which were abolished.
Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanitorium, which stood in the Burntwood woodland. It was opened in the 1920s and the last two patients were discharged in October 1969. The premises stood empty for a few years until Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council purchased the site for redevelopment in 1977."TB: The sandbag and fresh air cure" - BBC.co.ukStoke & Staffordshire > Places > Towns and Villages > Loggerheads - BBC.co.uk
The Burntwood, part of the Blore Forest, was once a large oak woodland but is now predominantly coniferous. The oak trees were removed to make way for the quicker growing softwoods which are of higher commercial value.
Loggerheads has a large number of listed buildings.Listed buildings in Loggerheads Notable people Francesca Mills, actor, grew up in Loggerheads.
Schools The Hugo Meynell Primary School St Mary's School Mucklestone: website
Other places nearby Market Drayton Whitmore Woore Croxton Eccleshall
See also Listed buildings in Loggerheads, Staffordshire Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (southeast central area) includes the Loggerheads Public House in Shrewsbury, which displays the three "loggerheads" (leopard heads) of the Shrewsbury coat of arms
References
External links
Loggerheads Parish Council Whats On in and around loggerheads Loggerheads Community Information Shop The Turner Hodgkiss Community Nature Reserve