Stafford Rural District
Encyclopedia
Stafford Rural District was a rural district
in the county
of Staffordshire
. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972
. On formation it contained the following civil parish
s:
In 1934 Chartley Holme, Worston and Yarlet were removed whilst Church Eaton
, Forton
, Gnosall
and High Offley
were added.
Rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...
in the county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of 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...
. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1974 by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
. On formation it contained the following civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
s:
- BaswichBaswichBaswich is an estate in the south eastern side of Stafford in the parish of Berkswich. It is situated next to Weeping Cross but should not be confused with Weeping Cross....
- BradleyBradley, StaffordshireBradley is a civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is off the A518 road headed out to the villages of Haughton and Gnosall towards Telford....
- BroctonBrocton, StaffordshireBrocton is a village and civil parish in the Stafford borough of Staffordshire, England. It about four miles south-east of Stafford town centre, and just outside the built-up area of Stafford, on the edge of Cannock Chase...
- Caste Church
- Chartley Holme
- ColwichColwich, StaffordshireColwich is a civil parish and village in Staffordshire, England. It is situated off the A51 road, about 3 miles north west of Rugeley, and 7 miles south east of Stafford...
- CreswellCreswell, StaffordshireCreswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow....
- EllenhallEllenhallEllenhall is a small Staffordshire village roughly 2.5 miles south of Eccleshall originally comprising part of the extensive estates of the Earl of Lichfield. The village consists of a scattered community of cottages, a hall, and several farms...
- FradswellFradswellFradswell is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 7 miles north-east of the City of Stafford and north of Colwich. Fradwell was first mentioned as part of the Colwich parish in the Domesday Book, where it is listed as Frodawelle or Frodeswelle, and it is likely to have been an...
- GaytonGayton, StaffordshireGayton is a small rural village in Staffordshire, located approximately 1 mile from the A51 between Stone and Stafford. It has about 180 residents, with 1...
- HaughtonHaughton, StaffordshireHaughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 between Stafford and Gnosall....
- Hopton and Coton
- IngestreIngestreIngestre is a village and former civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It is four miles to the north-east of the county town of Stafford.Ingestre Hall is a local landmark....
- Marston
- RantonRantonRanton can refer to:* Ranton, Vienne, a village in France* Ranton, Staffordshire, a village in England...
- Salt and Enson
- SeighfordSeighfordSeighford is a small village about three miles west of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. The ford across a small stream is the origin of the village's name. The village has a red sandstone church, St...
- Stowe
- TillingtonTillington, StaffordshireTillington is an ancient geographic district about 1½ miles north of Stafford town centre, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Essentially, the district lies within a triangle formed by Eccleshall Road, Stone Road and Crab Lane that narrows southward to a point where the two roads join at...
- TixallTixallTixall is a small village and former civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire lying on the western side of the Trent valley between Rugeley and Stone, Staffordshire and roughly 4 miles east of Stafford...
- Weston under Trent
- WhitgreaveWhitgreaveWhitgreave is a very small village a few miles to the NNW of Stafford situated mid-way between the M6 motorway to the west and the A34 trunk road to the east.It lies about to the northeast of Great Bridgeford....
- Worston
- Yarlet
In 1934 Chartley Holme, Worston and Yarlet were removed whilst Church Eaton
Church Eaton
Church Eaton is a small English village in the west of Staffordshire lying some southwest of Stafford, northwest of Penkridge and just from the Shropshire border. It lies in gently rolling dairy farming countryside...
, Forton
Forton, Staffordshire
Forton is a small village on the Staffordshire/Shropshire situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire.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-External links:...
, Gnosall
Gnosall
Gnosall is a large village in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, with a population of approximately 5,000. It lies on the A518, approximately half-way between the towns of Newport and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford...
and High Offley
High Offley
High Offley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies 3 miles southwest of the small town of Eccleshall and about 1 mile west of the village of Woodseaves, both on the A519...
were added.