
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: In 1859, the twelve founder members of Leek & Moorlands Co-operative Society Ltd. opened their first grocery and provisions shop here Recorded plaque organisation: Leek and District Civic Society.
In 1859, twelve individuals founded the Leek & Moorlands Co-operative Society Ltd., opening their first grocery shop; this society is a notable example of the co-operative movement that significantly influenced economic and social structures in Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
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Places near here
Clerk Bank HouseListed building · 17 yd
St Edward's War Memorial, LeekListed building · 35 yd
Market CrossScheduled monument · 160 yd
Staffordshire Moorlands lion statue - LeekMonument or public art · 208 yd
Nicholson War MemorialHeritage attraction · 505 yd
Brindley's MillScheduled monument · 677 yd
Ballington WoodForest · 1619 yd
The WasteWood · 1.1 mi
Lowe HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Tittesworth DamVisitor information · 1.5 mi
Rudyard LakeVisitor information · 2.2 mi
Gordon CorbishleyMemorial · 2.2 miOther information
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