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Offline maggie may

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where is leakshead?
« on: Tuesday 01 January 19 00:55 GMT (UK) »
can some tell where Leeksheads  is in  Staffordshire
I have tried googling it looking at old maps and cant find it at all :-[
must be part of a village round Leek surely   would be interested to  know if anyone has an answer .

Thanks
maggie may
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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 01:08 GMT (UK) »
Where did you see this place name and what was the date of the document?
Could you possibly post the image here for us to see?

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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 01:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi Ruskie,
             doing my family tree and this is what i have
Marriage date  24 Aug 1778
Marriage place  Norton Le Moors, St Bartholomew
Denomination Anglican
Residence  Stoke
Spouse's first name(s)  Nancy
Spouse's last name   Smith
Spouse's residence    Ellison
County  Staffordshire
Country England
Archive referenceD3525/1/10
Record set  Staffordshire Marriages

Samuels's Work
Samuel  Beardmore
Role  Master
Indenture or registration year 1782
Registration year1 782
Place  Leekshead
County  Staffordshire
Apprentice's first name(s) Joseph
Apprentice's last name  Ratcliff
Master's first name(s)  Samuel
Master's last name  Beardmore
Master's occupation  Cordwainer
Master's place  Leekshead
Master's county Staffordshire
The National Archives reference (IR 1 series) 31 f 113
Society of Genealogists number154208
Record type Records
Record setBritain, Country Apprentices 1710-1808

wonder whether the place is the name of the house he lived at ?
its just an odd sort of name but could of been a name in 1782 and changed perhaps
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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 02:49 GMT (UK) »
The originals (with the handwriting)  are at National Archives and are free to download.
There are 9 PDFs.


http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C233878


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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 05:50 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Mckha  for this  but unfortunately it’s in an adobe PDF file and I can’t save or copy the page.
I appreciate you giving me the link though .
Will see if I can get family to do so for me

 Happy new year to you Guys for your advice
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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 06:56 GMT (UK) »
Looks like Leekshead.

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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 07:23 GMT (UK) »
Leek is in Staffordshire and looking at the area I found a Leekbrook area and a farm called Leek Edge. I'm inclined to believe it may be an area in or near Leek and Leekshead is no longer used or was just a locally used reference.
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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 07:29 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much Medpat for this info it is much appreciated and I was curious to know where this Leekshead was as never heard of it.   Now I know this thanks to you.
cheers
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Re: where is leakshead?
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 01 January 19 07:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi Maggie May
Could be Lickshead, near Alton, Staffordshire where my Critchlow family come from. What is the name of the family you are researching there?
Best wishes
Sue
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