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Darlaston
Derlavestone: Burton Abbey.
Darlaston Grange.
Denstone
Denestone: King's land.
Pretty.
Derrington
Dodintone: William from Earl Roger.

Dilhorne
Dulverne: Walbert from Robert of Stafford.
Pretty.
Dimsdale
Dulmesdene: Richard Forester.
Suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Dorsley
Doriueslau:
Lost.
Doxey
Dochesig: 2 Frenchmen and a thane from Bishop of Chester.
On the outskirts of Stafford.
Draycott (in the Clay)
Draicote: Henry de Ferrers.
Draycott House.
Drayton Bassett
Draitone: King's land. 2 mills.
A Lower Paleolithic handaxe dating back to 30,000BC was found here.
Drayton (in Penkridge)
Draitone: King's land.
Lower Penkridge; Lower Drayton Farm.
Drointon
Dregetone: Nigel from Bishop of Chester.

Dunston
Dunestone: King's land.

Eccleshall
Eches(h)elle: Bishop of Chester, formerly St. Chad's. 2 mills.
Market town. The church has Saxon stones in the tower. The castle was the home of the Bishops of Lichfield for centuries, and his Saxon and Norman remains.
Edingale
Edunghal(l)e: Henry de Ferrers; Algar, from the king.

Ellastone
E(de)lachestone: Bishop of Chester.
Augustinian Abbey, founded in Norman times. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) mde this village the scene of many incidents in Adam Bede; her grandfather lived and is buried here.
Ellenhall
Linehalle: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.
Pretty; manor house.
Endon
Enedun: King's land.
Well-dressing ceremony in May.
Enson
Hentone: King's land.

Enville
Efnefeld: Gilbert from William FitzAnsculf.
2 fragments of Saxon work in the church. Enville Hall has belonged to the Grey family for 500 years; its grounds were designed by the poet William Shenstone in the 18th century.
Ettingshall
Etinghale: Robert from William FitzAnsculf.
Industrial area.

Farley
Fernelege: King's land.
Hall; prison nearby.
Fauld
Felede: Hubert and Robert from Henry de Ferrers.
Mine; Fauld Hall.
Featherstone
Ferdestone: Canons of Wolverhampton.
Disused mine.
Fenton
Fentone: Alfward, the king's thane.
Suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, a pottery centre where Whieldon ware was first made.
Flashbrook
Fletesbroc:
Lost.
Forsbrook
Fotesbroc: King's land.

Fradswell
Frodeswelle: Alfhelm from Bishop of Chester.
Pretty.
Freeford
Fraiforde: Ranulf from Bishop of Chester.
Freeford Manor.
Fulford
Fuleford: King's land.

Gailey
Gragelie: Hervey from Robert of Stafford.

Gayton
Gaitone: Wulfric and Gosbert from Earl Roger.
Ford.
Gerrard's Bromley
Bramelie: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.
Lake; mill; ford.
Gnosall
Geneshale: Canons of Wolverhampton. Mill.

Gratwich
Crotewiche: Wulfgeat from Robert of Stafford. Mill.

Great Barr
Barra / e: Robert and Drogo from William FitzAnsculf.
On the outskirts of Birmingham.
Great Haywood
Haiwoda / e: Bishop of Chester. Mill.
Mill; farm museum. Essex Bridge, the longest pack-horse bridge in England, was built by the 17th century Earls of Essex as a short-cut to Cannock Chase.
Great Madeley (in Checkley)
Madelie: Wulfgeat from Robert of Stafford.
Wharf; brickworks.
Great Saredon
Sardone: Hervey from Robert of Stafford.

Grindon
Grendone: Robert of Stafford.
Isolated; Grindon Moor nearby.

Hammerwich (Over and Nether)
Duae Humerwich: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
Hall; windmill.
Hamstall Ridware
Rid(e)ware / Ridvare: Godric from St. Remy's Church, Rheims; Walter from Earl Roger; Herman from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Hamstall Hall; Elizabethan manor house. Ridware comes from an old word for 'river folk'.
Hanchurch
Hancese: Richard Forester.

Handsacre
Hadesacre: Robert from Bishop of Chester.
Handsacre Hall was largely demolished by vandals in 1972.
Hanford
Heneford: Nigel from Richard Forester.
Suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Harlaston
Horuluestone: King's land. Mill.

Hatherton
Hargedone: Samson from the king and the Canons of Wolverhampton from him.
Parkland; lake; hall.
Hatton
Hetone: King's land.
Now 2 hamlets, Upper and Lower Hatton.
Haughton
Hal(s)tone: Robert of Stafford and Urfer from him.

Heighley
Heolla: King's land.
Remains of 13th century Heighley Castle.
High Offley
Offelie: Urfer from Robert of Stafford.

High Onn
Anne: St. Evroul's Church from Earl Roger.
Near St. Edith's Well.
Hilcote
Helcote: King's land.
Hilcote Hall.
Hilderstone
Helduluestone / Hilduluestune: King's land; Vitalis from Robert of Stafford.
Straggling.
Hill Chorlton
Cerueledone: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Hilton (in Shenstone)
Iltone: Canons of Wolverhampton.

Hilton (near Wolverhampton)
Halton: Canons of Wolverhampton.
Hilton Park; lake; moat.
Himley
Himelei: Arni and Gilbert from William FitzAnsculf.
Near Himley Hall, once the home of the Earls of Dudley, now a teacher training college.
Hints
Hintes: Oswald from Bishop of Chester.
The name is Welsh for 'road', and it lies on Watling Street. A lead pig with Roman inscription was found here.
Hixon
Hustedone: Picot from Bishop of Chester, and Nigel from him.
Industrial.
Hopton
Hotone: Gilbert from Robert of Stafford.

Hopwas
Opewas: King's land. Mill.

Horton
Hortone:
Lost in Fisherwick.
Huntingdon
Estendone: Richard Forester.
Industrial; mining; 1876 pumping station.

Ingestre
Gestreon: Hugh from Robert of Stafford. Part of a mill.
Hall with a Wren-built church, and a Nash front, where Edward VII spent his holidays, damaged by fire in 1882.

King's Bromley
Bromelei: King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
Named after the Mercian kings.
Kingsley
Chingeslei / a: Robert de Bucy from Ralph FitzHubert; Nigel from the king.
Industrial; ruined moat nearby.
Kingswinford
Suinesford: King's land. Mill.
Small town.
Kinvaston
Chenwardestone: Canons of Wolverhampton before and after 1066. Mill.
Kinvaston Hall Farm.
Kinver
Chenevare / fare: King's land. 2 mills.
An Iron Age promontory fort stands on the summit of Kinveredge.
Knightley
Chenistelei: Reginald from Earl Roger.

Knighton (in Adbaston)
Chnitestone: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.
Wooded; on the Shropshire Union Canal.
Knighton (in Mucklestone)
Chenistetone: Dunning, the king's thane, the pre-Conquest holder.

Knutton
Clotone: Richard Forester.
Industrial suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Lapley
Lepelie: St. Remy's Church, Rheims before and after 1066.
On a Roman road. Lapley Hall was originally a Saxon Benedictine priory, founded 1063.
Leigh
Lege: Burton Abbey.
Now Church Leigh.
Levedale
Levehale: Bryant and Drogo from Robert of Stafford.

Lichfield
Lece / Licefelle: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066. 2 mills.
City. Birthplace of Samuel Johnson (1709-84). Its name comes from 'Lych Field', meaning 'Field of the dead'; thousands of Christians were martyred here by the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the 3rd century.
Littlehay
Colt: Ascelin from Earl Roger.
Lost in Colton.
Littywood
Litiude / dae: Robert of Stafford.
Manor house within a double moat; held by the de Staffords in the Middle Ages, it may once have been a castle.
Little Onn
Otne: Richard, from the king.
Hall; on the Shropshire Union Canal.
Little Sandon
Parva Sandone:
Lost.
Little Saredon
Seresdone: Udi from the king.
Windmill.
Longnor (in Lapley)
Longenalre: Robert of Stafford.
Market.
Lower Penn
Pennae: Gilbert from William FitzAnsculf, formerly Countess Godiva.

Loxley
Locheslei: Ascelin from Earl Roger.
Now 2 hamlets, Loxley Green and Lower Loxley.
Loynton
Levintone: Gilbert from Robert of Stafford.
Loynton Hall.

Madeley Holme
Madelie: Wulfgeat from Robert of Stafford.
Madeley Park.
Maer
Mere: Wulfgeat from Robert of Stafford.
Tudor hall, once the home of the Wedgwood family.
Marchington
Merchametone: Henry de Ferrers.
On the outskirts of Needwood Forest.
Marston (by Stafford)
Mer(se)tone: St. Evroul's Abbey from Earl Roger.

Marston
Mersetone: St. Remy's Church, Rheims.
Scattered houses.
Mavesyn Ridware
Rid(e)ware / Ridvare: Ascelin from Earl Roger.
Named after the Mavesyn family, called Mal-voisins (bad neighbours) in Norman times.
Mayfield
Medevelde: King's land.
2 mills; weir; hanging bridge. Saxon cross in the churchyard.
Meaford
Mep- / Metford: Nawen from St. Remy's Church, Rheims; Helgot from Earl Roger.

Mere Town
Mera: King's land. Mill (4,000 eels).
On the course of an old canal; mere; deer park.
Mill Meece
Mess: King's land.
Pumping station.
Milwich
Melewich / Mulewiche: King's land; Osbern from Robert of Stafford.
The church bell, dated 1409, is the county's oldest and rang for Agincourt.
Mitton
Mutone: Robert of Stafford.

Moddershall
Modredeshale: William from Earl Roger.
Wooded; built by the Wedgwood family in 1903.
Moreton (in Colwich)
Mortone: Nigel from Bishop of Chester.
Now Upper Moreton; Moreton House.
Moreton (in Gnosall)
Mortone: Benedict from Earl Roger. Mill.

Moreton (in Hanbury)
Mortune: Alchere from Henry de Ferrers.

Morfe
Morve: William FitzAnsculf.
Morfe House Farm; Morfe Hall Farm.
Moseley
Moleslei: Roger from William FitzAnsculf, formerly Countess Godiva.
Charles II stayed in hiding in Moseley Old Hall in 1651, after his cause was lost at Worcester.
Mucklestone
Moclestone: Leofing, from the king.
2 stones nearby, Devil's Ring and Devil's Finger, were both pierced in prehistoric days. Queen Margaret of Anjou reputedly watched the rout of 10,000 Lancastrians in the Battle of the Roses at Blore from the church tower.
Musden
Musedene: King's land.
Musden Grange and Musden Wood.

Newton (in Blithfield)
Niwetone: Reginald de Balliol. Mill.
Nearby is the River Blithe.
Newton (in Draycott-in-the-Moors)
Niwetone: King's land.

Norbury
Nortberie: Roger from Earl Roger.
Records date back to Saxon times.
Normacot
Normanescote: Aelmer and Wulfric from Richard Forester.
Part of Stoke-on-Trent.
Norton Canes
Nortone: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
Coal-mining; Watling Street nearby.
Norton-in-the-Moors
Nortone: Robert of Stafford.
Built-up, on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent.

Oaken
Ache: Hugh from Robert of Stafford.

Oakley (in Croxall)
Acle: Helio from Robert of Stafford.
Oakley Farm.
Oakley (in Mucklestone)
Aclei: King's land.
Oakley Hall.
Ogley Hay
Hocintune:
Lost.
Okeover
Acoure: Burton Abbey. Mill.
Okeover Hall. The Okeover family have held land here for 800 years.
Orton
Overtone: Walbert from William FitzAnsculf.

Otherton
Orretone: Clodeon from Robert of Stafford.
Moat nearby.
Oxley
Oxelie:
Lost.

Packington
Pad- / Pagintone: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
Packington Hall.
Patshull
Pecleshella: Hugh from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Patshull Hall, now a hospital.
Pattingham
Patingham: King's land.
Church with an 800 year old font. A 1200 year old gold collar was found here.
Paynsley
Lufamesles: King's land.
Paynsley Hall.
Pelsall
Peleshale: Canons of Wolverhampton.
Town outside Walsall.
Pendeford
Pendeford: Aelmer from William FitzAnsculf.
Now Upper Pendeford, an industrial hamlet.
Penkhull
Pinchetel: King's land.
A road in Stoke-on-Trent.
Penkridge
Pancriz: King's land; Canons of Wolverhampton. Mill.
Town.
Perton
Pertone: Westminster Abbey.
Outside Wolverhampton.
Pillaton
Beddintone: Burton Abbey.
Pillaton Hall has been the home of the Littleton family for 400 years.
Pipe Ridware
Rid(e)ware / Ridvare: Alric from Bishop of Chester.

Podmore
Podemore: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.