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Built by a wealthy local family to commemorate the death of their son in the I World War, this clock tower is one of the biggest war memorials in the country. Leekensians refer to it as "the monument".
The Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England is a 1925 war memorial. It was commissioned by local manufacturer Sir Arthur Nicholson and his wife Lady Marianne, née Falkner, in memory of their son Lieutenant Basil Lee Nicholson, who was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium, in 1915, at the age of 24; and in memory of all the other local men who died fighting in World War I. It now has plaques commemorating and naming 535 Leek and district men and women who died during World War I and World War II.
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Museum & Art Gallery above town's library hosting a wide variety of works reflecting the local area. Housed in a spectacular red brick building with a copper covered tower set back behind surrounding buildings.
Performance spaces, art gallery & cafe. Regular touring musicians and cinema.
Considered by some to be one of the finest churches in England
From the 18th century, flints were brought here by barge and loaded directly into kilns. The roasted flints were then easier to crush, to make a slurry for whitening pottery, which went away on the barges. The site was powered by two water wheels. There's also a miller's cottage and a museum display.