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Butt Lane

Butt Lane is a village in the civil parish of Kidsgrove, in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The village borders on Church Lawton in Cheshire. A ward of the borough is named after it. It is also close to the towns of Alsager and Kidsgrove.

Amenities

Butt Lane is mostly a residential area with the neighbouring village of Talke having most of the amenities for the local residents. As well as Kidsgrove, which is a short distance to the east.

Transport

The village has regular bus services to Kidsgrove, Crewe, Biddulph, Congleton, Stoke-on-Trent. Alsager and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The nearest rail station is Kidsgrove.

Notable people

  • Reginald Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (1895 in Congleton Road, Butt Lane – 1937 in Southampton) was the designer of the well-known World War II fighter aeroplane Spitfire, used by the Royal Air Force and their allies.
  • Ada Nield Chew (1870 at White Hall Farm, Butt Lane – 1945 in Burnley) was a British suffragist.

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