When North Rode Parish Council decided to organise an 80th D-Day Anniversary event on 6th June, we decided that this would include lighting the village beacon alongside hundreds of others across the United Kingdom. The original beacon was installed in 1999, for the occasion of the Millenium, when the lighting of North Rode Beacon was […]
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North Rode village centre sign was first conceived in July 2022, when the parish council decided it would be nice for the village to have a historical sign to mark the centre of the parish, denoting features and views unique to North Rode. After discussion with Daintry Hall management committee and the Cheshire East conservation
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The first Parish Council meeting was held in the School Room, North Rode on the 20th March, 1936. Mr Mark Winder was elected Chairman. Today Parish Council meeting continue to be held in the same School Room of Daintry Hall. The village of North Rode developed at the point where the River Dane could be
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North Rode railway station was opened with great fanfare in 1849 by the North Staffordshire Railway Company after completion of the stupendous North Rode Viaduct and the new railway line from Colwich to Macclesfield, thus shortening the Journey from London to Manchester by 17 miles. The Churnet Valley line branched off the main line just
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