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Whiston, Staffordshire Moorlands

Whiston
Whiston is located in Staffordshire
Whiston
Whiston
Location within Staffordshire
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStoke-on-Trent
Postcode districtST10
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
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Staffordshire
53°01′19″N 1°56′42″W / 53.022°N 01.945°W / 53.022; -01.945

Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall.

History

In 1769 the fifth Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, opened a new Lead and Copper smelting works, supplementing his mining works at nearby Ecton.

See also