In the 1830s and 1840s a new development took place with the Permanent Building Society, where the society continued on a rolling basis, continually taking in new members as earlier ones completed purchases, such as Leek United Building Society.

In 1771, work had begun on the Chesterfield Canal, but while surveying a new branch of the Trent and Mersey between Froghall and Leek, he was drenched in a severe rain storm.

He restored St. John's Church, Leeds and designed new churches such as St. Margaret's, Ilkley, All Saints ', Leek and All Saints ', Richards Castle.

In order to ensure that the water from Rudyard could be used to supply the main line, the Leek branch had to join the top level of the Caldon branch, and so the original route with the three Park Lane locks was closed and a new route built, with a three-lock staircase between the junction and the old line of the canal.

After the case was concluded Bristow said that his wife had just got a new boyfriend and wanted a divorce and he was now living with his children at his mother's house in Leek.

A new station will be built here, returning trains to the town of Leek for the first time in decades.

The company was re-formed in 1937 under the chairmanship of George Leek with other ex-Riley men such as R. H. Rose who designed a new engine for Lea-Francis which had a similar layout to the Riley 12 / 4.

* Leek Brook-Only original box standing on the line.

A monument called Gaveston's Cross remains on the site, south of Leek Wootton near Warwick.

In 1994, on the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman first season episode " Vatman ", He played Dr. Fabian Leek, a cloning expert who creates a Superman clone that belonged to corporate mogul Lex Luthor ( John Shea ).

Leek (, Gronings: De Laik ; ) is a municipality and a village in the Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands, bordering on the Drenthe and Fryslân provinces.

The success of the song prompted Washington to make a return to live performance, and also saw the departure of Leek, who gave his reasons for leaving as " Really hating being famous all of a sudden ... Just because I've been on Top of the Pops doesn't mean I should get any more respect.

Leek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet.

Leek is built on the slope and crown of a hill which is situated just a few miles south of The Roaches ; a gritsone escarpment which rises steeply to 505m.

After schooling in Yorkshire, Larner returned to Leek in 1866 to be apprenticed to his father as an architect, and thus was formed the famous Sugden & Son ( Architects ), whose influence on the town was to be profound.

It was through the SPAB that he came into contact with Larner Sugden, the local architect, who went on to publish some of Morris ' speeches and essays in a series called the Bijour of Leek.

The town of Leek is served by First with a regular number 18 bus service ( or 16 on an alternative route via Cellarhead ).

Leek was served by Leek railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on July 13, 1849, but was finally closed in the 1960's.

Leek is also home to Leek Hockey Club, who train at Leek High Specialist Technology School and are based on Mill Street at the ege of the town.

He is remembered in Birmingham by Brindley Drive ( on the site of former canal yards ), the Brindleyplace mixed-use development and a pub, The James Brindley ( both being canal-side features ), and the James Brindley School for children in Birmingham's hospitals ; in Leek with the James Brindley Mill ; and by numerous other streets in the areas in which he worked.

Rudyard is a lakeside village in the county of Staffordshire, England, west of Leek and on the shore of Rudyard Lake.

The character of Harvey Leek on the TV show Nash Bridges drove a 1972 Ranchero.

These are split into two areas, one on College Road, and the other on Leek Road.

At Stoke, halls of residence are primarily situated on the Leek Road campus.

The monument Gaveston's Cross is located on a site south of Leek Wootton.

The railway bridge over the road between Leek Wootton and Hill Wootton collapsed in a railway accident on 11 June 1861.

The Bill was defeated in Parliament, after which the Peak Forest Canal Company proposed to build a branch of their canal from Marple to Leek, and on to join the Caldon branch.

* The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway Pages-a comprehensive site

It goes under the West Coast Main Line near Stoke-on-Trent railway station and becomes Leek Road, passing one campus ( Leek Road ) of Staffordshire University.

A third objective of the M & CR is to restore the missing line of approximately between Leekbrook Junction and Leek market town, where the former station has long been demolished and the land developed upon.

The M & CR intend on operating a commuter service between Leek and Stoke, whilst the CVR will extend their regular services into Leek, eliminating the need to terminate at Leekbrook where there are no station facilities.

Community station Moorlands Radio covers the town from Leek.

Winton Chambers ( a self-contained section of the main station building, including the entire upper floor ) is currently leased to the Staffordshire University, which has its main Stoke-on-Trent campuses in College Road off Station Road and in Leek Road nearby.

In the near future, the CVR will operate trains along MCR metals through to Alton ( for Alton Towers ) and Leek, in addition to Cauldon Low services.

In Staffordshire, a breeding colony has established itself after breaking loose from a private zoo in Leek, Staffordshire in the 1930s.

During Spring: Artichoke, Asparagus, Beanshoots, Beetroot, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Leek, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Peas, Rhubarb, and Spinach.

Enumatil, Leek, Lettelbert, Midwolde, Oostwold, Tolbert and Zevenhuizen.

King John granted Ranulph de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, the right to hold a weekly Wednesday market and an annual seven-day fair in Leek in 1207.

On the top is the Staffordshire Knot, either side is the famous Leek " Double Sunset " and below a gold garb.

Alton Towers is situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands district and therefore employs a large number of people from Leek and the surrounding area.

Leek is situated at the foot of the Peak District National Park and is therefore often referred to as the Gateway to the Peak District, although the town is more often referred to as the Queen of the Moorlands.

In 1849 William Sugden ( b. 1821 in Keighley ) came to Leek.

Larner was a great supporter of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and so Leek ’ s development was in sympathetic hands.

Leek was the home of James Brindley, the 18th century canal engineer.

William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement, lived and worked in Leek between 1875 and 1878.

He studied dyeing and it was Leek which provided his firm with silk.

Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History in the University of Oxford and former Warden of Keble College Averil Cameron grew up in Leek.

Dave Hill, vocalist for English New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Demon, lives and works in Leek.

James Ford, English musical composer, record producer and musician in the band Simian Mobile Disco was born in Leek.