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Weston Coyney is a suburb of the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. It lies on the south eastern edge of the city and borders the neighbouring Staffordshire Moorlands district. Originally developed around a crossroads the area now also includes two major estates, ''Park Hall'' – developed in the 1970s, and ''Coalville'' – a 1950s estate built for the National Coal Board (NCB) to house many of its miners. Weston Coyney is almost entirely a residential area with little industry and most of the residents work elsewhere in the city. ==History== Weston Coyney is identified in the Domesday Book as a manor called ''Westone'' or West Town in lands belonging to Robert de Stafford and held by Ernulf de Hesding. The land was recorded as being mostly woodland but with enough arable land to require three ploughs. At some time during 13th century, during the reign of Henry III the manor of Westone had passed to the Coyney family who held the manor for several hundred years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.places.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=3&chkPurchaseVisible=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&originator=%2Fengine%2Fsearch%2Fdefault%5Fhndlr%2Easp&page=7&records=79&direction=1&pointer=19597&text=0&resource=12856 )〕 In the 17th century the Coyneys built Weston Coyney Hall as the family residence and continued to live there until 1910. The hall was eventually demolished in 1944. Another major family, the Parkers, built Park Hall also during the 17th century. A relative of the family, Sir Thomas Parker, became Lord Macclesfield and was Lord Chancellor between 1718–1725 before being convicted of corruption. Park Hall was not as fortunate as Weston Coyney Hall and had to be rebuilt following a fire in 1793.〔 The last known owners of Park Hall were Joseph and Anne Jackson. The hall became known as the Safari Club under the ownership of Joseph, Stanford and Spencer Jackson. The rebuilt hall survived until the late 1960s when it was demolished. Apart from the two halls, the area remained mostly farmland until the 20th century when residential development started along Leek Road. Post war development saw much more housing built until Weston Coyney now merge into Meir without a break. The exception to the rural land use was at the western side of Weston Coyney where coal deposits existed. Mining started in the 18th century and continued until the 1960s. The last coal mine was Park Hall colliery which closed in 1962 when incorporated with the nearby Florence Pit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/exhibit/coal/collieries/parkhall.htm )〕 The site is now occupied by an industrial estate called Cinderhill after the most visible reminder of the colliery. A considerable amount of gravel extraction took place between 1930 and 1970 in the area that now forms Park Hall Country Park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/countryside/country-parks/;jsessionid=a3-UE2tzpvo5 )〕 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「Weston Coyney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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