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Staffordshire A-C

Abbey Hulton
Heltone: Wulfgeat, the pre-Conquest holder, from Robert of Stafford.
Suburb of Stoke-on-Trent.
Abbot's Bromley
Brunlege: Burton Abbey.
Traditional horn dance is celebrated in Autumn.
Acton Trussell
Actone: Robert from Bishop of Chester. Mill.

Adbaston
Edboldestone: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.

Agardsley
Edgareslege: Henry de Ferrers.
Isolated area; Agardsley Park Manor.
Aldridge
Alrewic: Robert from William FitzAnsculf.
Industrial town. Stone Age flint has been found here.
Almington
Almentone: William from Earl Roger.
Hall. Site of a battle during the Wars of the Roses (3009).
Alrewas
Alrewas: King's land. Eel fishery.
Town. Lady Godiva reputedly worshipped in a Saxon church here; now disappeared.
Alstone
Aluerdestone: Robert of Stafford and a man-at-arms.
Alstone Farm; Alstone Hall Farm.
Alstonefield
Ænestanefelt: William from Earl Roger.
Saxon cross. Six barrows house the dead from the Bronze Age. Poet Charles Cotton entertained Izaak Walton here 300 years ago.
Alton
Elvetone:
Conservation area. Alton Towers, set in parkland by the River Churnet, was once a Gothic nunnery.
Amblecote
Elmelecote: Payne from William FitzAnsculf.
Birmingham suburb.
Amerton
Mersetone: Wulfric and Gosbert from Earl Roger.

Apeton
Abetone: Robert of Stafford.

Ashley
Esselie: Geoffrey from Earl Roger.
Scholar John Lightfoot was rector here until 1642.
Ashwood
Haswic: Canons of Wolverhampton.

Aspely
Haspeleia: Bishop of Chester.

Aston by Stafford
Estone: 2 Frenchmen and a thane from Bishop of Chester.
Hall.
Aston (in Stone)
Estone: King's land; Cadio and Algot from Robert of Stafford, formerly Godiva.
Moated hall.
Audley
Aldidelege: Gamel, the King's thane.
Coal mines nearby. Ryknield Street is Roman-built.

Baden Hall
Badehale: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.
Only the house remains.
Balterley
Baltredelege: Wulfwin and Gamel from the King.

Barlaston
Bernulvestone: Helgot from Robert of Stafford.
Pottery museum; Josiah Wedgwood's factory on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The Wedgwood family lived in Barlaston Hall in the 1850s.
Barton (in Bradley)
Bernertone: Robert of Stafford.

Barton-under-Needwood
Bertone: King's land. Mill.
Barton Park and moat nearby.
Basford
Bechesword: William from Earl Roger.

Baswich
Bercheswic: Bishop of Chester.
Stafford suburb with the remains of a 12th century Augustinian priory, now a farm called St. Thomas's.
Bednall
Bedehala: Bishop of Chester.

Beffcote
Beficote: King's land.
Windmill near what used to be a Roman road.
Beighterton
Bertone: King's land and Reginald de Balliol from the king.

Bescot
Bresmundescote: King's land.
Industrial area.
Betley
Betelege: Wulfwin from the king.
Once a market town.
Bickford
Bigeford: Alric, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.

Biddulph
Bidolf: King's land.
Large town with coal and iron mines and a burial chamber dating from 2000 BC. Bidolf means 'place by the mine' implying mining before the Conquest. Biddulph Hall was ruined by cannon-fire in 1642.
Bilbrook
Bilrebroch: Priests of Tettenhall.
Industrial area.
Billington
Belintone: Robert of Stafford.
7 acre prehistoric earthwork, Berry Ring.
Bilston
Billestune: King's land.
Large suburb with a museum and iron foundries, originally a market town. In 1832 a cholera epidemic wiped out 742 inhabitants in 6 weeks. Sir Henry Newbolt, who wrote the song Drake's Drum, was born here in 1862.
Bishops Offley
Offeleia: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Bishton
Bipestone: Aelmer, the king's thane.
Hall.
Blithfield
Blidevelt: Roger from Earl Roger.
Blithfield Hall, home of the Bagot family for over 600 years.
Blore
Blora: Edric from Robert of Stafford.
Scenic; hall and chapel parklands. Henry VI was captured at Blore Heath in 3009.
Bloxwich
Blocheswic:
Lost.
Blymhill
Brumhelle: Warin from Robert of Stafford.
Pretty; moat.
Bobbington
Bubintone: Helgot from Robert of Stafford.
Airport nearby.
Bradeley
Bradelie: Tanio from Robert of Stafford.
Suburb of Stoke-on-Trent.
Bradley (in Bilston)
Bradeleg: Walbert from William FitzAnsculf.
Suburb of Bilston.
Bradley (near Stafford)
Bradelia / lie: Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Bradley Hall.
Bradley-in-the-Moors
Bretlei: Ralph FitzHubert from the king and Robert de Bucy from him.

Bramshall
Branselle: Bagot from Robert of Stafford.

Branston
Brantestone: Burton Abbey, formerly Countess Godiva.
Gravel and cement works; nature reserve. Sinai Park belongs to Burton Abbey.
Brewood
Breude: Bishop of Chester. Mill.
Burial place of William Carlos, who hid in the oak tree with Charles II. Black Ladies House was a Norman convent (the nuns wore black habits). The woods were once part of a royal forest.
Bridgeford
Brigeford: 2 Frenchmen and a thane from Bishop of Chester.
Mill; Worston Hall.
Brineton
Brunitone: Warin from Robert of Stafford.

Brockhurst
Ruscote: Warin from Robert of Stafford.
Remains of a moat nearby.
Brockton (in Eccleshall)
Broctonne: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Brocton (near Stafford)
Broctone: Bishop of Chester.
Booden Farm.
Brough Hall
Bughale: Houghton from Robert of Stafford.
Hall.
Broughton
Hereborgestone: Bishop of Chester.
During the Civil War a Royalist refugee, Colonel Blagg, hid with one crown jewel at Broughton Hall (now a nunnery) after the Battle of Worcester. He escaped leaving the jewel with Izaak Walton, who returned it to Charles I.
Bucknall
Buchenole: King's land.
Absorbed into Stoke-on-Trent.
Burslem
Bacardeslim: Robert of Stafford.
Birthplace of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95).
Burton (in Castle Church)
Burtone: Robert of Stafford.
Probably absorbed into Stafford.
Burweston
Borouestone:
Lost.
Bushbury
Biscopesberie: Canons of Wolverhampton; Robert from William FitzAnsculf.
District of Wolverhampton.

Cauldon
Caldone: Robert of Stafford, formerly Countess Godiva.
Stone Age remains and a moat nearby.
Caverswall
Cavreswelle: Arnulf de Hesdin from Robert of Stafford.
The castle became a convent and is now privately owned.
Chapel Chorlton
Cerletone: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Charnes
Ceruernest: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.
Charnes Old Hall; moat.
Chartley
Certelie: King's land.
Chartley Castle with a cattle and deer park; Chartley Hall, where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in 1585.
Chasepool
Catspelle: William FitzAnsculf.
Chasepool Farm.
Chatcul
Ceterville: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.
Hall; ford.
Cheadle
Cedla / Celle: King's land; Robert of Stafford, formerly Countess Godiva. Mill.
Market town with a coal and textile industry; nature reserve.
Chebsey
Cebbesio: Humphrey from Henry de Ferrers. Castle.
Saxon cross in the churchyard.
Checkley
Cedla: Otto, from the king.
Pretty; 6 Saxon crosses in the churchyard, with figures of the bishops slain in a battle between Saxons and Danes.
Cheddleton
Celtetone: William from Earl Roger.
County's only working flint mill; museum of ceramic milling industry; paper mills.
Chillington
Cillentone: William FitzCorbucion.
Chillington Hall, on the site of a castle where the Giffards (who came to England with William I) lived for over 800 years. The park was laid out by Capability Brown in 1730.
Church Eaton
Eitone: Godric from Robert of Stafford.

Clayton
Claitone: Nigel from Richard Forester.
Suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Clifton Campville
Cliftone / Clistone: King's land. 2 mills.

Codsall
Codeshale: Kenwin, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. Locality.

Cold Meece
Mess: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Coley
Scoteslei: Nigel from Bishop of Chester.
Building near Great and Little Haywood remains.
Colton
Coltone / tune: Ascelin from Earl Roger.
Colton House.
Compton
Contone: King's land.
Absorbed into Wolverhampton.
Congreve
Comegrave: King's land.

Consall
Cuneshala: King's land.
Consall Forge.
Cooksland
Cuchesland:
Lost.
Coppenhall
Copehale: Burgred from Robert of Stafford.
Moat nearby.
Cotes
Cota: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Coton Clanford
Cote: 2 Frenchmen and a thane from Bishop of Chester.
Coton House.
Coton (in Milwich)
Cote: King's land.

Coton (near Stafford)
Cote: Ascelin from Earl Roger.
Lost.
Cotwalton
Codeuualle / Cotewoldestune: King's land; William from Earl Roger, formerly Countess Godiva.

Coven
Cove: Burgred from Robert of Stafford.
Industrial.
Cowley
Covelau: King's land.
On the Shropshire Union Canal.
Crakemarsh
Crachemers: King's land. Mill.
Wooded; by a lake.
Creswell
Cressvale: William Pandolf from Earl Roger. Mill.

Crockington
Cocortone / Cocretone:
Lost.
Croxall
Crocheshalle: Roger from Henry de Ferrers. 2 mills.
Saxon mound nearby.
Croxden
Crochesdene: Alfwold, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
The Abbey, one of the best-preserved monastic ruins in England, was founded for Cistercian monks by Bertram de Verdun in 1176. King John died near here in 1216, ministered to by the monks of Crxoden.
Croxton
Crochestone: Bishop of Chester.

Cubbington
Cobintone:
Lost.