Mow Cop
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| Mow Cop | |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | Kidsgrove |
| Odd Rode | |
| District | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Congleton | |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Cheshire | |
| Region | West Midlands |
| North West | |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE |
| Postcode district | ST7 |
| Dial code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Cheshire | |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Cheshire | |
| Ambulance | Staffordshire |
| North West | |
| UK Parliament | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Congleton | |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| North West England | |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Mow Cop is a village on a high isolated hill. The village straddles the Cheshire - Staffordshire border in north west England.
The name came from the Anglo-Saxon Mūga-hyll = "heap-hill", with copp = "head" added later.
At its summit men had quarried stone to make into querns used for milling corn since the Iron Age; this trade ended in the Victorian period.
Mow Cop Castle is a folly of a ruined castle at the summit of the hill, built in 1754.
Mow Cop is noteworthy as the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement. Starting in 1800 Hugh Bourne from Stoke-on-Trent and William Clowes from Burslem began holding open air prayer meetings. In 1807 a large 14-hour camp meeting was held and as a result the Primitive Methodist Church was formed in 1810. These camp meetings became a regular feature at Mow Cop and camps were also held to celebrate the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the first camp.
Mow Cop was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on October 9, 1848.
[edit] External links
- http://www.mowcop.info/
- Map sources for Mow Cop
 Cheshire Portal |
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Chester City • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities/Towns: | Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
| Unitary authorities: | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Cannock Chase • East Staffordshire • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Tamworth |
| Cities/Towns: | Biddulph • Burntwood • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Cheadle • Eccleshall • Hednesford • Kidsgrove • Leek • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • Penkridge • Rugeley • Stafford • Stoke-on-Trent Burslem • Fenton • Hanley • Longton • Stoke • Tunstall • Stone • Tamworth • Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire |
