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Ranton
Rantone: Godric from Robert of Stafford.
Ranton Hall; modern abbey and the remains of a 12th century Augustinian priory.
Rickerscote
Ricardescote: Robert from Robert of Stafford.
Suburb of Stafford.
Rocester
Rowecetre: King's land. Mill.
Reputedly the site of a Roman camp; mill; weirs; Augustinian priory. Sir Richard Arkwright built the cotton mill, the first in Stafford, in 1782.
Rodbaston
Redbaldestone: Richard Forester.

Rolleston
Rolvestune: Henry de Ferrers. Mill.
Head of a Saxon cross on the church tower. The hall, once the home of Oswald Moseley's family, was pulled down in the 1920s.
Rowley
Rouueleia: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
Now Rowley Elms.
Rownall
Rugehala: King's land.
Rownall Hall.
Rudyard
Rudierd: King's land.
The architect, J.L. Kipling, got engaged here and named his son Rudyard after the spot.
Rugeley
Rugelie: King's land. Mill.
Industrial town, home of William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner, a 19th century doctor who turned to murder to pay his gambling debts.
Rushall
Rischale: Thorkell from William FitzAnsculf. Mill.
Suburb of Walsall. In 1643 Prince Rupert attacked Rushall Hall and made it a Royalist headquarters.
Rushton Grange
Risctone: Wulfgeat from Robert of Stafford.
Lost in Stoke-on-Trent.
Rushton (in Leek)
Risetone: King's land.
Rushton Hall.

Salt
Selte: Gilbert from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
The name comes from ancient salt pits.
Sandon
Scandone: King's land.
Sandon Park, a hall set in wooded parkland with a church and moat, was the home of the first Earl of Harrowby, Foreign Secretary during Pitt the Younger's time as Prime Minister; Pitt Column in the park is a memorial.
Sedgley
Segeslie: William FitzAnsculf from the king, and Geoffrey from him.
Industrial town.
Seighford
Cesteforde: 2 Frenchmen and a thane from Bishop of Chester.
Church with Saxon foundations.
Seisdon
Seisdone: Walbert from William FitzAnsculf.

Shareshill
Servesed: Hervey from Robert of Stafford.
Hilton Park Hall, the guest house of a Roman Catholic convent.
Sheen
Sceon: King's land.

Shelfield
Scelfeld: King's land.
Suburb of Walsall.
Shelton-under-Harley
Scelfitone: King's land.

Shenstone
Seneste: Robert d'Oilly from Earl Roger. Mill.

Shushions
Sceotestan: Leofhild from the king.
Shushions manor house.
Silkmore
Selchemore:
Lost.
Slindon
Slindone: Leofnoth from Bishop of Chester.

Smethwick
Smedeuuich: William from Bishop of Chester.
Industrialized area on the outskirts of Birmingham.
Stafford
Stad- / Statford: King's land; Bishop of Chester; Burton Abbey; Earl Roger and Hugh from him; Robert of Stafford; William FitzAnsculf; Henry de Ferrers. Mill.
City on the site of a hermitage built by St. Bertelin 1200 years ago. Birthplace of Izaak Walton (1593-1683). Richard Sheridan, the dramatist, was MP for Stafford for 26 years from 1780.
Standon
Stantone: Bryant from Robert of Stafford. Mill.

Stanshope
Stanesope: King's land.

Stanton
Stantone: King's land.
Birthplace of Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury, who built the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford at his own expense.
Stappenhill
Staenhille: Burton Abbey before and after 1066.
Suburb of Burton-on-Trent. 30 Saxon skeletons were found here.
Stoke-by-Stone
Stoca: Cadio from Robert of Stafford.
On the outskirts of Stone.
Stramshall
Stagrigesholle: Alric, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Suburban.
Stretton (near Penkridge)
Estretone: Hervey from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Roman road nearby.
Stretton (near Burton-on-Trent)
Stratone: Burton Abbey.
Industrial suburb of Burton-on-Trent, with clay mills, near the Roman Ryknild or Ryknield Street.
Stychbrook
Tichebroc: Bishop of Chester before and after 1066.
A single building.
Sugnall
Sotehelle: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.
Hall and Park.
Swinchurch
Suesneshed: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester.
Swinchurch Farm.
Swynnerton
Sulvertone: Aslen from Robert of Stafford.

Syerscote
Fricescote: Thorkell from Robert of Stafford.
Syerscote Manor and Barn.

Talke
Talc: Gamel, the king's thane.
Suburban; Talke pits nearby.
Tamhorn
Tamahore: Nigel from Bishop of Chester.
Tamhorn House Bridge on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
Tamworth
Tamuuorde: King's land.
Market town where Offa, King of Mercia, built a palace which was destroyed by the Danes in 874AD. It was rebuilt by Alfred's daughter Ethelfleda who died here in 918AD. Tamworth Castle has Saxon and Norman remains. The mint, built in Offa's time, went on working until the 12th century.
Tean
Tene: Robert of Stafford.
Now 2 hamlets, Upper and Lower Tean.
Tettenhall
Totenhale / Totehala: King's land. Canons of Wolverhampton.
Suburb of Wolverhampton. The wood nearby was the site of battle between Danes and Saxons 1,000 years ago when Alfred's son-in-law, Ethelred, defeated the invaders. Tettenhall Church is on the site of a 10th century church built by King Edgar.
The Rudge
Rigge:
Lost.
Thorpe Constantine
Torp: Nigel.
Thorpe Hall.
Thursfield
Turvoldesfeld: Richard Forester and Nigel from him.
Thursfield Lodge.
Tillington
Tillintone: Robert of Stafford.
Lost in Stafford.
Tipton
Tibintone: William from Bishop of Chester.
Industrial.
Tittensor
Titesoure: Stenulf from Robert of Stafford. Mill.

Tixall
Ticheshale: Hugh from Robert of Stafford.
Obelisk; ruined gatehouse, now restored, where Mary, Queen of Scots, was detained for 2 weeks. Queen's Low and King's Low, on the heath nearby, are burial places of great antiquity.
Trentham
Trenham: King's land.
Suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Trescott
Cote: Canons of Wolverhampton.

Trysull
Treslei: Baldwin from William FitzAnsculf. Mill.

Tunstall (in Adbaston)
Tunestal: Fran and Fragrin from Bishop of Chester. Mill.

Tutbury
Toteberie: Henry de Ferrers. Market.
Norman church, once part of a Benedictine priory built by Henry de Ferrers. The castle dates back to William I's reign.
Tymmore
Timmor:
Lost.
Tyrley
Tirelire:
Lost.

Upper Penn
Penne: William FitzAnsculf and Robert from him. Mill.
Base of a preaching cross, reputedly set up by Lady Godiva in 1050.
Uttoxeter
Wotocheshede: King's land.
Large town with agricultural machinery works. Birthplace of the philosopher Thomas Allen (1542-1632).

Walton Grange
Waltone: Roger from Earl Roger.
The grange is near the course of an old Roman road.
Walton (in Eccleshall)
Waletone: Bishop of Chester.

Walton (in Stone)
Waletone: Arnold from Robert of Stafford.
Walton Hill House, just outside Stone.
Walton-on-the-Hill
Waletone: Bishop of Chester.
On the outskirts of Stafford.
Warslow
Wereslei: Earl Roger.
Georgian manor, Warslow Hall.
Water Eaton
Etone: Hervey from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Mill nearby.
Wednesbury
Wadnesberie: King's land. Mill.
Industrial town surrounded by rivers and canals. St. Bartholomew's Church on the hilltop was once the site of a heathen temple to Woden. A battle is said to have been fought there between Britons and Saxons in 952AD.
Wednesfield
Wodnesfelde: Canons of Wolverhampton.
Industrial town. 1,000 years ago the Danes were heavily defeated in a battle here with Alfred's son, Edward.
Weeford
Weforde: Ralph from Bishop of Chester. Mill.
Birthplace of John Wyatt (1700-66) who invented and used the first spinning machine in a cotton mill here.
West Bromwich
Bromwic: Ralph from William FitzAnsculf.
City. Mining has been done here for centuries.
Weston Coyney
Westone: Arnulf de Hesdin from Robert of Stafford.
Suburb of Longdon.
Weston (in Standon)
Westone: Bryant from Robert of Stafford.
Weston Hall; Weston House Farm.
Weston-under-Lizard
Westone: Reginald de Balliol.
By Watling Street. Hall. The park was landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century.
Weston-upon-Trent
Westone: Aelfric, the king's thane.
Weston Hall.
Wetmore
Witmere: Burton Abbey.
Suburb of Burton-on-Trent; Wetmore Hall Farm.
Whiston
Witestone: Nawen from Burton Abbey.

Whitmore
Witemore: Nigel from Richard Forester.

Wigginton
Wigetone: King's land.
Near Wigginton Fields.
Wightwick
Wisteuuic: King's land.
Wightwick Manor.
Wilbrighton
Wilbrestone: Lawrence from Robert of Stafford.
Wilbrighton Hall.
Willenhall
Winehala / Winenhale: King's land; Canons of Wolverhampton.
Market town. Charles II hid at Bentley Hall nearby.
Winnington
Wennitone: Leofing, from the king.

Winshill
Wineshalle: Burton Abbey before and after 1066. Mill.
Part of Burton-on-Trent; mill.
Wolgarston
Turgarestone: King's land.

Wolseley
Ulselei: Nigel from Bishop of Chester.

Wolstanton
Wlstanetone: King's land.
Suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, on the site of a Saxon settlement.
Wolverhampton
Hantone: Canons of Wolverhampton from Samson the Clerk.
City, a centre of the wool industry in the Middle Ages. Danes cross dates from the 9th century. St. Peter's Church stands on a hill where Christians have worshipped for 10 centuries.
Wombourn
Wamburne: Ralph from William FitzAnsculf. 2 mills.
Town. A church is dedicated to St. Benedict Biscop (b.628AD), said to have introduced glass windows to England.
Woolaston
Ullavestone: Robert of Stafford.

Wootton (in Eccleshall)
Wodestone: Bishop of Chester.

Wootton (near Uttoxeter)
Wodetone: King's land.
Wootton deer park. Wootton Lodge, badly damaged in the Civil War in 1643.
Wrottesley
Wrotelei: Clodoen from Robert of Stafford.
Wrottesley Lodge Farm; Old Park.
Wychnor
Wicenor: Robert from Robert of Stafford. Mill.
Moat and park nearby.
Wyrley
Wereleia: Bishop of Chester. Now Little Wyrley.
Hall; common; woods.

Yarlet
Erlide: Robert from Earl Roger.
Yarlet Hall, now a school.
Yoxall
Loches / Iocheshale: Rafwin and Alwin from Bishop of Chester.