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Grosvenor Place, NEWCASTLE, ST5 0HS

Opposite the church, this building of 1871 by James Brooks is Grade II listed, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1219720 Pevsner is enthusiastic, describing it as: 'an outstandingly original design, with the even rhythm of small two-light casement windows divided by a detached shaft with shaft-ring..' (The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (Penguin, 1974))

St Margaret's C E Junior School dates from 1871. This facade on Knutton Road boasts 10 bays; that facing the High Street (right) has 7. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385948-school-newcastle-under-lyme

The building is on the corner of High Street and Knutton Road.

On the corner of Lily Street

'This Lychgate was dedicated on 31st October 1951. It was given by William Wyborn, Headmaster of the Church School for 32 years, in memory of his wife "M.E.W.".' Hence the engraved inscription IN DULCEM MEMORIAM UXORIS BONAE (i.e. 'In sweet memory of a good wife')

It reads :- HERE lieth the Body of Sarah Smith Daughter of Samuel and Martha Smith of Bradwell Park who departed this life Novbr 29th 1763 and in the 21st Year of her Age It was C-----s B----w that brought me to my end Dear Parents mourn not for me For God will stand my friend With half a Pint of Poyson He came to visit me Write this on my Grave That all that read it may see Sarah Smith was born to Samuel and Martha Smith of Bradwall (now Bradwell) Park, north-east of Wolstanton, in 1742. Details of her life are not known. She died on the 29 November 1763 when she was 21 years of age, and was buried four days later in the churchyard of St Margaret’s Church in Wolstanton. The baptismal register for 4 December 1763, the day of Sarah’s funeral, records the baptism of ‘Sarah Dtr. Of Sarah Smith.’ No father is named in the entry, suggesting that the daughter who had been born to Sarah Smith may have been illegitimate. The child sadly died a short time after her mother on 13 December 1763. The enigmatic inscription on Sarah Smith’s gravestone alleges that she was murdered by poisoning and also includes the first and last letters of the names of the man her family believed were responsible. Documentary research has established that the man accused is most probably Charles Barlow, who was some six years older than Sarah, and whose family were neighbouring tenants to Sarah’s family. There is much speculation as to the relationship Barlow held with Sarah, including the possibility that he fathered her child and may have been responsible for Sarah’s death. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1458049

Viewed from Church Lane. St Margaret's is Grade II* listed, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196517