Population 593 (2011 census) Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Tuesday 10:44 PM | OS grid reference SK056447 Dialling code 01538 | |
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Oakamoor is a small village in north Staffordshire, England.
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Map of Oakamoor, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Although it is now a rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley. Iron was smelted from medieval times. Copper and lumber were also important to the local economy. In the nineteenth century Thomas Bolton's copperworks near the River Churnet supplied copper wire for the first transatlantic telegraph cable. The buildings of the Thomas Bolton factory were demolished in 1966.
The Churnet Valley Railway passed through Oakamoor. Oakamoor railway station was closed down in 1967. The railway track leading to Alton railway station has been converted to a footpath.
Media Interest
In 2004 Oakamoor was the subject of a television programme in the Channel 4 Time Team archaeology series, which investigated the remains of a blast furnace.