Saint Edward Street.
beyond it 'The Quiet Woman'
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| Brindley's Water Mill of 1752 | East side of Mill Street | |
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| Victorian mock Tudor opposite 'The Unicorn' at the bottom
of Saint Edward Street. |
'The Unicorn' on the corner of Brook St. and Saint Edward
St. and beyond it 'The Quiet Woman' |
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| Alms House: The Gift of Elizabeth Ash, widow, the eldest daughter of William Jollife Esqr. A.D. 1696. Restored 1911 | Georgian House now a restaurant called No. 64 | |
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| Entrance to the Market Hall | Foxlowe, overlooking the Market Place |
The Market was built in 1897 and the main entrance is on Market Square. Overlooking the square from the east is Foxlowe built in the late 18th century. It is described by Bode in 1979 as the head-quarters of the Amalgamated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades, Labour Party head-quarters and Working Men's Club. Also on the square but not shown in my pictures is the Red Lion, dating from the early 18th century.
Sources
The Buildings of England, Staffordshire, by Nikolaus
Pevsner, Penguin, 1974, ISBN 0 14 071046 9
Visiting Leek by H. Bode, 1979
Leek Part 1.
Leek Part 3: The Nicholson Institute
