Editing Endon

{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country                 = England
|official_name           = Endon
|coordinates             = {{coord|53.078825|-2.111225|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish            = [[Endon and Stanley]]
|population              = 3,221
|population_ref          = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123225&c=Endon&d=16&e=62&g=6464914&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1449503367016&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=7 December 2015|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>
|shire_district          = [[Staffordshire Moorlands]]
|shire_county            = [[Staffordshire]]
|region                  = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= 
|post_town               = STOKE-ON-TRENT
|postcode_district       = ST9
|postcode_area           = ST
|dial_code               = 01782
|os_grid_reference       = SJ925535
|london_distance         = 138 mi (222 km) [[Boxing the compass|SE]]
|static_image_name       = St Luke's Endon 2019 1.jpg
|static_image_caption    = [[St Luke's Church, Endon|Parish Church of St Luke]], Endon
}}

'''Endon''' is a village within the [[Staffordshire Moorlands|Staffordshire Moorlands district]] of [[Staffordshire]], England. It is {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} southwest of [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]] and {{convert|6|mi|km|1}} north-northeast of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. Endon was formerly a [[Township (England)|township]] in civil parish of Leek.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leek: Endon |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp175-186 |website=British History Online |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |accessdate=11 March 2019 |pages=175–186 |language=English |date=1996}}</ref>

Together with neighbouring [[Stanley, Staffordshire|Stanley]], Endon forms the [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Endon and Stanley]].

The local education consists of three schools; St. Luke's Church of England Primary School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/|title=St Luke's C.E. Primary School|publisher=|accessdate=21 January 2016}}</ref> Endon Hall Primary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.endonhall.staffs.sch.uk/|title=Home|publisher=Endon Hall Primary School|accessdate=21 January 2016}}</ref> and [[Endon High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.endon.staffs.sch.uk/|title=Endon High School|publisher=|accessdate=21 January 2016}}</ref>

==Local features==
The [[Caldon Canal]], a branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal, passes around Endon.

[[The Ashes, Endon|The Ashes]], a 17th-century house, lies to the north of the village.

==Railway==
The [[Endon railway station]] was opened by the [[North Staffordshire Railway]] on 1 November 1867 and operated for almost 100 years, closing in 1963 {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}. There are ambitious plans in hand to develop passenger facilities at Endon, bringing the village station back to life after decades of disuse.  The project to reconnect Endon is a joint partnership between Moorland & City Railways and [[Churnet Valley Railway]].  Volunteers working on behalf of Churnet Valley Railway, will carry out repairs on the four-mile stretch of track, supported by contractors {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}.

Reaching Endon will be a major milestone for the expansion project, and will mean that passenger trains will reconnect the outskirts of the Potteries with the Churnet Valley and Leek area for the first time since the cut backs of the Beeching Axe. It is also intended to make it possible to travel directly from Endon to Alton towers on this passenger train. Later, the intention is to reconnect Endon to Stoke-on-Trent.  Large amounts of  funding are required to meet this aim {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}.

==Well dressing==
[[File:Endon - Well Dressing - geograph.org.uk - 22352.jpg|thumb|Well dressing in Endon]]
The village is unusual in the respect that it is one of only a few outside [[Derbyshire]] which practises the ancient custom of [[Well dressing]] {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}. A weekend fair accompanies the dressing of the well at which a local girl is crowned as the Well Dressing Queen.  The fair also includes a contest called "Tossing the Sheaf" where local men compete to see who can toss a bale of straw the highest over a raised bar. The fair is known for bringing the entire village together, which is a rare occasion for most modern villages {{Citation needed|reason=possible personal opinion?|date=July 2020}}.

==Literary and musical associations==
[[T. E. Hulme]] (1883–1917), an English critic and poet, was born at Gratton Hall. Through his writings on art, literature and politics, he had a notable influence upon [[modernism]] {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}.

The opening line of the iconic 1976 [[Sutherland Brothers|Sutherland Brothers and Quiver]] hit "[[Arms of Mary]]": "the lights shine down the valley", was written by Iain Sutherland who was looking from a Stockton Brook farm house down over Endon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/john-woodhouse-meets-singer-songwriter-gavin/story-28170589-detail/story.html |title=JOHN WOODHOUSE MEETS: singer/songwriter Iain Sutherland {{!}} Stoke Sentinel |website=www.stokesentinel.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116190445/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/JOHN-WOODHOUSE-MEETS-singer-songwriter-Gavin/story-28170589-detail/story.html |archive-date=2015-11-16}} </ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Endon and Stanley]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Endon}}
*[http://www.endonwithstanleyparishcouncil.co.uk/ Endon Village Website]

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[[Category:Villages in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Staffordshire Moorlands]]