Forton, Staffordshire
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Forton is a small village on the Staffordshire
/Shropshire
situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire
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Situated around Forton Hall
and the 14th century All Saints church and sited on the Roman road Via Devana
and the modern A519 road
between Newport and Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
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Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire
Newport, Shropshire
Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies some north of Telford and some west of Stafford sitting on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border...
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Situated around Forton Hall
Forton Hall
Forton Hall is a 17th country house situated in the tiny village of Forton, Staffordshire close to the Shropshire border at Newport. It is a Grade II* listed building....
and the 14th century All Saints church and sited on the Roman road Via Devana
Via Devana
The Via Devana was a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east to Chester in the north-west. Both were important Roman military centres and it is conjectured that the main reason the road was constructed was military rather than civilian. The Latin name for Chester is Deva...
and the modern A519 road
A519 road
The A519 is a road in the United Kingdom that runs between Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and Newport, Shropshire.At Newport it meets the A518 and A41...
between Newport and Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...