Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Penkridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Penkridge, small town, par., and township with ry. sta., Staffordshire, on river Penk, 6 miles S. of Stafford - par., 18,020 ac., pop. 3134; town and township, pop. 2536; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Penkridge is an ancient place, and is supposed by Camden to be the Roman Pennocrucium, on Watling Street. It is almost wholly an agricultural town, has three fairs annually, and from its low position is frequently visited by inundations.
A village in Cuttlestone hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.