For decades the cooling towers of Rugeley Power Station dominated the skyline of Armitage-with-Handsacre. This article explores how the station came to be built, the engineering ambitions behind it, and its lasting impact on the parish through employment, housing, changing boundaries and the disappearance of an older landscape beneath one of Britain’s largest industrial developments.
The History of Armitage-with-Handsacre Parish
People, Places and Stories from a Staffordshire Parish