- Source: Whitmore, Staffordshire
Whitmore is a village, civil parish and small curacy in the county of Staffordshire, England, near Newcastle-under-Lyme. Besides Whitmore, the parish also includes the hamlets of Acton, Butterton and Shutlanehead.
The name Whitmore can be found in the Domesday book (as Witemore) and also when King John signed Magna Carta at Runnymede.
Whitmore Hall, designated a house of outstanding architectural and historical interest and a fine example of a small Carolean-style manor house, is the home of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family.
Butterton gives its name to the Butterton-Swynnerton dykes, a set of igneous intrusion of Palaeogene age which run NNW-SSE through the area. Butterton dyke was discovered by Charles Darwin in 1842.
See also
Listed buildings in Whitmore, Staffordshire
References
External links
Media related to Whitmore, Staffordshire at Wikimedia Commons