Oakamoor

Coordinates: 53°00′00″N 1°55′00″W / 53.000°N 1.91667°W / 53.000; -1.91667

Oakamoor
Oakamoor  Oakamoor shown within Staffordshire
Population	828 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SK056447
District	Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST10
Dialling code	01538
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Staffordshire Moorlands
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Oakamoor is a small village in north Staffordshire, England.

Although it is now a rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley. Iron was smelted from medieval times. Copper and lumber were also important to the local economy. In the nineteenth century Thomas Bolton's copperworks near the River Churnet supplied copper wire for the first transatlantic telegraph cable.^[1] The buildings of the Thomas Bolton factory were demolished in 1966.

Oakamoor railway station was closed down in 1967. The railway track leading to Alton railway station has been converted to a footpath.

Media Interest

In 2004 Oakamoor was the subject of a television programme in the Channel 4 Time Team archaeology series, which investigated the remains of a blast furnace^[2].

References

1. ^ "Oakamoor". Staffordshire County Council web pages. Staffordshire County Council. 29 October 2007. http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/e-land/Countryside/OpenSpaces/OpenSpacesOakamoor.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
2. ^ Time Team fan site Retrieved on 2008-06-09

External links

Media related to Oakamoor at Wikimedia Commons