Meir, Staffordshire

Longton High School was a school in Longton and later Meir, Staffordshire from 1760 to 2010.

Foley Meir Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. They are currently members of the Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division and play at Whitcombe Road, Stoke-on-Trent.

Meir railway station served the Meir area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was opened in 1894 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its line to Derby and was situated in a cutting to the east of Meir tunnel. The station closed in 1966 with hardly any evidence of its existence left today apart from the footprint of the buildings which are covered in vegetation. The building was of timber construction which had a booking office with cast iron coal burning stove, a waiting room that had benched seating, a small store room for cleaning and bike storage, and a bucket type toilet that was normally emptied by the junior porter in a dug out hole in the small wooded area to the rear of the building. There was a wooden shelter in the middle of the downside platform, and on the eastern end stood the coal shed made of sleepers complete with chute from the bridge for road vehicle delivery.

Ormiston Meridian Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in the Meir area of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The school serves the communities of Meir, Meir Park, Rough Close, Normacot and Lightwood.

Royal Air Force Meir or more simply RAF Meir is a former Royal Air Force station located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The following units were here at some point: No. 1 Practice Flying Unit was formed here on 4 March 1940 and operated Hawker Hectors and Hawker Hinds until it was disbanded on 16 June 1940 No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF No. 45 Gliding School RAF No. 632 Gliding School RAF

Lightwood is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is located to the south of Longton, and Lightwood Road runs from here to Rough Close. The area gives its name to the Lightwood Hoard, a substantial collection of Roman coins discovered buried in the garden of a house on Lightwood Road in 1960.Though containing mostly private housing, the area includes a Methodist chapel constructed in 1816 which is a Grade II listed building.

Normacot railway station served the Normacot area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was opened in 1882 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its line to Derby.The station closed in 1964 and nothing remains of the station today.

Weston Coyney is a suburb of the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. It lies on the south eastern edge of the city and borders the neighbouring Staffordshire Moorlands district. Originally developed around a crossroads the area now also includes two major estates, Park Hall – developed in the 1970s, and Coalville – a 1950s estate built for the National Coal Board (NCB) to house many of its miners. Weston Coyney is almost entirely a residential area with little industry and most of the residents work elsewhere in the city.

Normacot is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Notable buildings include the church of the Holy Evangelists by Scott.The district used to be served by Normacot railway station, but although the Crewe–Derby line is still open, the station was closed in 1964.

Meir Heath is a village just to the south of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire situated on a hilltop between Meir and Rough Close, 2+1⁄2 miles from Barlaston and only 5 miles from Stone. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under the ward of Fulford, Stoke-on-Trent. It is located in the Borough of Stafford. Meir Heath is said to be the highest conurbation in Staffordshire, due to its altitude it often experiences higher than the locally average snow fall probably attributed to its windy nature and snow drifts, hence the reason for locating the windmill there. The village features a well known public house named The Windmill, the car park of which contains a windmill with a new boat cap, door new windows new beams making it safe to go inside. Meir Heath Cricket Club was formed in 1946 and continues to offer cricket tuition to boys and girls of all ages. The club also features men's and women's teams who continue the club's successful profile.

Cookshill is a small village in the civil parish of Caverswall, Staffordshire, England, near to Weston Coyney.

The church of St James-the-Less is in Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England.