Gentleshaw is a village and hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

 in Staffordshire

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...

 located about midway between Cannock

Cannock

Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....

 and Lichfield

Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

, and about a mile north of Burntwood

Burntwood

Burntwood is a town in Staffordshire, England, lying in the Cannock Chase area approximately west of Lichfield. The town had a population of 25,674 at the time of the 2001 census and forms part of Lichfield district. The town forms one of the largest urbanised parishes in England. Samuel Johnson...

. Although it is now part of Longdon

Longdon, Staffordshire

Longdon is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, situated midway between the towns of Rugeley and Lichfield. The parish also includes the nearby villages of Upper Longdon, Longdon Green and Gentleshaw....

 civil parish, it has a Parish Church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 and a primary school.

Gentleshaw Common

Gentleshaw Common

Gentleshaw Common is situated to the northern side of Burntwood in Staffordshire and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and contains rare species of heathland plants....

 is a Site of Special Scientific Interest

Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...

 on the south-west side of the church, and forms the south westerly part of Cannock Chase AONB.

Christchurch parish church

The parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 church building appears to be an amalgamation of an older building with a tower and a newer extension built on the east end.

Nearby places

Cannock Wood

Cannock Wood

Cannock Wood is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. Situated near Cannock and Lichfield and north of Burntwood. It is approximately north of Birmingham and 14 miles north-east of Wolverhampton...

, Burntwood

Burntwood

Burntwood is a town in Staffordshire, England, lying in the Cannock Chase area approximately west of Lichfield. The town had a population of 25,674 at the time of the 2001 census and forms part of Lichfield district. The town forms one of the largest urbanised parishes in England. Samuel Johnson...

, Chorley, Longdon

Longdon, Staffordshire

Longdon is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, situated midway between the towns of Rugeley and Lichfield. The parish also includes the nearby villages of Upper Longdon, Longdon Green and Gentleshaw....

, Lichfield

Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city, civil parish and district in Staffordshire, England. One of eight civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated roughly north of Birmingham...

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Postcode district: WS15 4
Grid ref: SK051119
Lat: 52:42:18N (52.70505)
Lon: 1:55:32W (-1.92544)

External links

Longdon civil parish information on ONS web site

Gentleshaw Church web site

Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw Community Web Site