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HEATON, a township in Leek parish, Stafford; on the river Dane, at the boundary with Cheshire, 4¼ miles NW of Leek. Real property, £3,142. Pop., 396. Houses, 79. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in spinning cotton and forming grindstones.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Heaton Parish Leek Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Heaton |
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