Adbaston

Adbaston
The Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Angels
Adbaston  Adbaston shown within Staffordshire
Population	1,082
– London	153 miles
District	Stafford
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STAFFORD
Postcode district	ST20
Dialling code	01785
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°50′53″N 2°21′16″W / 52.8481°N 2.35444°W / 52.8481; -2.35444

Adbaston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.^[1][2]

Location

The village is 13.0 miles (20.9 km) north east of the town of Stafford, and 18.4 miles (29.6 km) south east of Stoke on Trent. The nearest railway station is at Stone. The nearest main roads are the A41 which passes the village 4.7 miles (7.6 km) to the south west.^[3] The village is situated approximately halfway between towns of Eccleshall and Newport, Shropshire, and near the villages and hamlets of Cheswardine, Shropshire, and Woodseaves, High Offley and Knighton, Staffordshire.

History

Domesday Book

Adbaston is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the survey the village has the name Edboldestone^[4] In the survey the settlement was described as quite small with only 5.8 households.^[5] Other Assets included 17 villager or villein, meadow of 15 acres, 40 smallholders and 1 slave. There was also 25 ploughlands (land for), 3 lord's plough teams, 13 men's plough teams. In 1066 the lord of the manor was held by Robert, Bishop of Chester. Before that the lord of the manor was said to have been previously Leofwine Bishop of Lichfield.

The village contains a church, "St Michael and All Angels", and a phone box. There was once a school but it closed due to diminishing numbers of children.

External links

• Media related to Adbaston at Wikimedia Commons
• Adbaston in the Domesday Book

References