Leek, Staffordshire
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Leek is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet 10 miles (16 km) north east of Stoke-on-Trent. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214.
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Leek | |
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Leek town centre | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 20,768 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SJ984565 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LEEK |
Postcode district | ST13 |
Dialling code | 01538 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
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It is the administrative centre for the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. King John granted Ranulph de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the right to hold a weekly Wednesday market and an annual seven-day fair in Leek in 1207.
Leek's coat of arms is a saltire shield. On the top is the Stafford knot, either side is the Leek double sunset and below a gold garb. The crest is a mural crown with three mulberry leaves on a mount of heather on top of which a moorcock is resting his claw on a small-weave shuttle. The motto Arte favente nil desperandum translates to: Our skill assisting us, we have no cause for despair.