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ECTON, a hamlet in Wetton parish, Stafford; 8½ miles E of Leek. Ecton hill here is about 700 feet high, and has yielded vast quantities of lead and copper ore. A mine in it was worked for about a century, attained a depth of about 300 fathoms, was eventually abandoned, and is now full of water; but another shaft, in the near neighbourhood, was being sunk in 1860.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wetton Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ecton |
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