a market-town of England, county of Stafford, on an eminence above the Churnet Water, an affluent of the Trent, 31 miles S. by E. of Manchester, by railway. The only public buildings are, the parish church, erected in 1180, the town-hall, and chapels. The silk manufacture has long been carried on here in its various branches of silk thread, buttons, ribands, handkerchiefs, &c. Market days, Wednesday and Saturday. A navigable cut from the Caldon and Uttoxeter Canal approaches to within a short distance of the town, while by railroad it has communication with all the manufacturing districts of central England. Coal and lead are found at Bluechills, in the neighbourhood, the former in considerable quantities. Pop. (1851) 8877.