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Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area in North Staffordshire, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a population of 24,112 (2001 census), increasing to 23,756 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Town population 2011 )〕 Most of the town is in the Kidsgrove ward, whilst the western part is in Ravenscliffe. ==History== From the 18th century, Kidsgrove grew around coal mining, although the pits have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town, now demolished. The engineer James Brindley cut the first Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town; Thomas Telford cut the second. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. There is a legend regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the Harecastle Tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of a young woman who was murdered inside the tunnel. She is referred to as the ''"Kidsgrove Boggart"''. Kidsgrove was made an urban district in 1904 with the abolition of the Wolstanton Rural District, including the parishes of Kidsgrove and Newchapel. Talke, previously part of the Audley Urban District, was added in 1932. () Kidsgrove is served by Kidsgrove railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 as ''Harecastle'', later becoming ''Kidsgrove Central''. This railway station is still open as a junction (now ''Kidsgrove''). However, there were two other stations on the closed loop line namely Kidsgrove Liverpool Road, opened 15 November 1875 and Market Street Halt, opened 1 July 1909. Bathpool Park, south of the town is where Donald Neilson, the killer known as the ''Black Panther'', took 17-year-old heiress Lesley Whittle after kidnapping her in 1975, and prior to murdering her. The town has a library, post office, health centre, bank and supermarket. Market Street has smaller shops, restaurants. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kidsgrove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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