Our Talke - Past & Present

Talke is a village in Staffordshire, England, four miles north-west of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Our Talke. Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'. Talke is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Talc in 1086.
Talke was made a civil parish in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded Audley Urban District to Kidsgrove Urban District which subsequently became part of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Talke and Talke Pits were formerly mining sites, which is why there are road names such as Coal Pit Hill.
Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), the creator of the Spitfire aeroplane, was a native of the village.