page_title: Penkridge
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Penkridge / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Adam Legzdins in Birmingham City F.C. keeper kit, 2016
context_page_description: Penkridge is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, which since the 17th century has been an industrial and commercial centre for neighbouring villages and the agricultural produce of Cannock Chase.
  The wealthiest establishment in Penkridge in the Middle Ages, its collegiate church building survived the abolition of the chantries and is the tallest structure in the town centre. The parish is crossed towards its eastern border by the M6 motorway and a separate junction north of the M6 toll between the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent. Penkridge has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line railway next to the Grade I listed medieval church. Penkridge Viaduct and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal are to either side of Market Street and the Old Market Square and are among its landmarks.
context_section_description: Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet (c.1599 – c.1657) a 17th-century English Baronet and politician from the extended Lyttelton family
  Richard Hurd (1720–1808) was an English divine and writer, and Bishop of Worcester
  Alethea Lewis (1749–1827) was an English novelist, she also used the pseudonym Eugenia de Acton. Her subject-matter centred on her profound Christianity.
  Ernest J. Chambers (1862–1925) was a Canadian militia officer, journalist, author, and civil servant. Emigrated aged 8.
  George Edalji (1876 in Penkridge – 1953) a Parsi English solicitor who served three years' hard labour after being convicted on a charge of injuring a pony. He was pardoned after a campaign in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a prominent role.
  Rebekah Staton (born 1981) is an English actress, best known for narrating Don't Tell The Bride and appearing as Della in Raised by Wolves
  Adam Legzdins (born 1986 in Penkridge) is an English professional footballer and goalkeeper, made over 150 professional appearances so far, currently plays for Birmingham City F.C.
  Sugarthief (formed 2015) are an Indie-rock band consisting of Jack and Jordi James (brothers), and school friends Luke Owen and Reece Downton.
caption: Adam Legzdins
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