Edial

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Coordinates: 52°40′48″N 1°55′12″W / 52.68°N 1.9200°W / 52.68; -1.9200
Edial
Edial

 Edial shown within Staffordshire
Population (Census 2001)
OS grid reference SK075085
District Lichfield
Shire county Staffordshire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURNTWOOD
Postcode district WS7
Dialling code 01543
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament Lichfield
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire


The hamlet of Edial lies to the east of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England.

Edial Hall School, Edial is celebrated as the house in which lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, opened an academy in 1736, where he taught and commenced writing the tragedy 'Irene'. [1]

Edial House is a Grade II listed house dating from about 1740. [2]

References

  1. "Edial Hall". British Listed Buildings. 
  2. "Edial House". 


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