After flowing downhill for a few miles it reaches Tittesworth reservoir, a major supplier of fresh water to the Potteries and Leek.
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In 1933 had a house built for himself on a hill at Ecton in Staffordshire, about 12 miles from the town of Leek.
The SSSI contains several plant species listed in the Red Data Book of rare and endangered plant species, such as Hairy Greenweed, the moss Pottia starkenna, part of the Pottiaceae family, Fringed Rupturewort (Herniaria ciliolata) and the only recently recorded instances of wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum).
In 1754 Dawson succeeded Gaskell as presbyterian minister at Leek, Staffordshire, but soon moved to Congleton, Cheshire, probably to assist in the school of Edward Harwood.
with only two l runes, translating "you, my lover, embrace me, leek! leek!", interpreting the l runes as abbreviating "leek" (*laukaz), symbolizing fertility or prosperity (leek is strongly associated with nubile women in Old Norse skaldic poetry).
Coast Lily (Bulbine crassa), also known as the Crassa Island Leek Lily (D.I.Morris & Duretto) is a species described in 2006 which occurs on the Furneaux Group of islands between Victoria and Tasmania.
Here the nationally scarce species of Babington's Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus) grows, and a variety of invertebrates can be found.
These chemicals occur in oils of plants of the genus Allium, including garlic, onion and leek.
The Leek New Road, which runs in an almost straight line between Endon and Cobridge, first appeared on the one-inch Ordnance Survey maps in the 1850s.
The leek moth or onion leaf miner (Acrolepiopsis assectella) is a species of moths of family Acrolepiidae, genus Acrolepiopsis, a pest of leek crops.
Cabbage and leeks are often added shortly before serving to preserve their texture, colour and flavours.
The three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum) is a species of Allium that has been introduced into Australia where it has spread and become established in nutrient-deficient, damp habitats.
This version seems to have been particularly popular in the English counties that bordered Wales, where it was sung on Saint David's Day (1 March) complete with leek-wearing effigies of Welshmen.
In the 19th century it contained four market towns, Leek, Longnor, Cheadle, and Uttoxeter, and about 80 townships located in 10 chapelries and 30 parishes.
Allium ampeloprasum, native to Eurasia, the wild ancestor of cultivated leeks
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Wild leek is a common name for several plants in the genus Allium