The rural area of Oglet borders its south.

History

The name derives from the Old English Spec, meaning 'brushwood' or from Middle English Spek(e), meaning 'woodpecker'.It was known as Spec in the Domesday Book, which gave Speke Hall as one of the properties held by Uctred. Today Speke Hall, now a Tudor wood-framed house, is open to the public.

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