Hilderstone
Hilderstone lies east of Stone. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon name of ‘Hildewulf’ meaning ‘warrior wolf’ and ‘tun’, meaning farm. At the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, the manor of Helduluestone, ...
Hints
Hints is situated on the slope between Watling Street and the Black or Bourne Brook, a tributary of the River Tame. The name, Hints, is derived from ‘hynt’, a Celtic word meaning a road. Robert Plot in ...
Ilam
The village of Ilam is situated in an idyllic position at the southern end of the Manifold valley and Dovedale. It does not appear in the Domesday Book although parts of the church are of Saxon origin ...
Kinver
The village of Kinver is situated in the south-west corner of Staffordshire and is dominated by Kinver Edge, renowned for its rock houses. Its attractive scenery earned it the description of ‘the Switzerland ...
Knighton
Knighton is situated to the south - west of Eccleshall. It is in the parish of Adbaston. The name may mean ‘the boy’s (or servant’s) town. In the Domesday Book of 1086 Knighton appears as ‘Chnitestone’ ...
Knutton
Knutton is now a built - up suburb of Newcastle under Lyme and it is perhaps hard to appreciate that there has been a settlement here since the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it appears as ‘Clotone’. ...
Lapley
Lapley is a parish of two communities and former townships, Lapley and Wheaton Aston, situated to the west of Penkridge.
The name, Lapley, probably comes from the Saxon ‘Laeppa Leah’, meaning a woodland ...
Longnor
The village of Longnor is situated on a high ridge, 956 feet above sea level, in the Staffordshire Moorlands with the river Dove as its western boundary. Some parts of the parish rise to 1,182 feet. ...
Mavesyn Ridware
MAVESYN RIDWARE is a small, secluded and low-lying village situated in the Trent valley, approximately six miles from Lichfield. The name Mavesyn comes from the Mavesyn or Malvoisin family who held the ...
Mayfield
The name Mayfield originates from the Domesday name of Madevelde, later known as Matherfield meaning council or meeting field. The parish of Mayfield covers Church Mayfield, Middle Mayfield and Upper ...
Milwich
MILWICH is situated about 4 miles east of Stone on the road which runs from Stone to Uttoxeter. It includes the hamlets of Coton and Garshall Green. The name means either ‘mill farm’ or ‘salt-working ...
Mow Cop
The village of MOW COP is situated in an elevated position on the border of North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, about 2 miles north - east of Kidsgrove, with extensive views across the Cheshire Plain. ...
Newchapel
Newchapel is situated in an elevated position right at the northern end of the Potteries about three miles north of Tunstall. It was originally part of the enormous ecclesiastical parish of Wolstanton ...
Norton Canes
Norton Canes is situated in a slightly elevated position south-east of Cannock and just north of Watling Street. Little Wyrley adjoins it to the south-east. From the mid 19th century Norton Canes was ...
Norton in the Moors
NORTON IN THE MOORS, sometimes called NORTON LE MOORS, is situated in an elevated position at the northern extremity of the City of Stoke on Trent. Norton presents a mixture of extensive views towards ...
Onecote
The name, Onecote, is first recorded in 1199 and is said to mean ‘remote cottage’. It is a small village, typical of the Staffordshire Moorlands, situated in the upper valley of the River Hamps. The ...
Patshull
PATSHULL is situated in the south west of Staffordshire and juts in the neighbouring county of Shropshire. It is now 1,824 acres in area. The name is said to mean Paettel’s Hill.
In the Domesday Survey ...
Rolleston
Often described as a quintessentially English village, Rolleston stands on the Alder Brook in the Dove Valley. It was an Anglo-Saxon settlement and today there is a large Anglo-Saxon cross in the churchyard. ...