🏴 Architect/Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is associated with Alton. In 1829, Pugin set up a business designing and making interior decorations and furniture. however, it failed in 1831.
Alton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
🏴 Alton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin. In the 1914 map by Whiston, there were copper works in the village.
The village is on the eastern side of the Churnet. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and contains numerous buildings of architectural interest; the Round-House, Alton Castle (now a Catholic youth retreat centre), St Peter's Church, The Malt House, St John's Church and Alton Towers.
Alton was served by the Alton railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 13 July 1849 and closed in January 1965.
The Chained Oak in Alton has been made famous by the ride Hex – The Legend of the Towers at Alton Towers and the legend involving the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Europe/London/Staffordshire
Alton has a population of over 1,226 people. Alton also forms part of the wider Staffordshire Moorlands District which has a population of over 94,489 people. Alton is situated near Leek.
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North of: 52.977
🏴 Newcastle-under-Lyme 53.011
🇮🇪 Portlaoise 53.017
🇷🇺 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 53.024
🏴 Stoke on Trent 53.03
South of: 52.977
🇳🇱 De Fryske Marren 52.964
🇳🇱 Den Helder 52.957
🇳🇱 Heerenveen 52.957
🏴 Nottingham 52.95
East of: -1.89
🏴 Bournemouth -1.88
🏴 Sutton Coldfield -1.822
West of: -1.89
🇪🇸 Errenteria -1.899
🏴 Birmingham -1.9
🇪🇸 Huércal-Overa -1.933
🇬🇭 Agona Nkwanta -1.966
Antipodal to Alton is: 178.11,-52.977
Locations Near: Alton -1.89,52.977
🏴 Uttoxeter -1.86,52.898 d: 9
🏴 Leek -2.027,53.107 d: 17.1
🏴 Buxton -1.911,53.259 d: 31.4
🏴 Stafford -2.117,52.807 d: 24.3
🏴 Stoke on Trent -2.175,53.03 d: 20
🏴 Burton-on-Trent -1.669,52.783 d: 26.2
🏴 Stoke-on-Trent -2.183,53 d: 19.8
🏴 Lichfield -1.829,52.682 d: 33.1
🏴 Burton upon Trent -1.633,52.8 d: 26.2
Antipodal to: Alton 178.11,-52.977
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19053.4
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18888.1
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18861.2
🇳🇿 Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19005.2
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18690.8
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18685.6
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18685.6
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18678.2
Flood Risk: Climate Central 52.977 -1.89
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