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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place Adbaston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.[1][2]

Location

The village is Шаблон:Convert north east of the town of Stafford, and Шаблон:Convert south east of Stoke on Trent. The nearest railway station is at Stone. The nearest main roads are the A41 which passes the village Шаблон:Convert 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

Etymology

The name Adbaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Eadbald and means 'Eadbald‘s town';[4] it was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Edboldestone and in the 12th and 13th century as Adbaldestone, Alboldestun, and Albaldiston.[5]

Domesday Book

Adbaston is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086; in the survey the village has the name Edboldestone.[6] In the survey the settlement was described as quite small with only 5.8 households.[7] 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.

Present day

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.

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:Civil Parishes of Stafford

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  1. OS Explorer Map 243: Market Drayton, Loggerheads and Eccleshall: (1:25 000) :Шаблон:ISBN
  2. Map Details Шаблон:Webarchive retrieved 18 April 2013
  3. - Staffordshire A-Z County Atlas: 2011 Edition: Scale:3.8 inches to 1 mile (5.9cm to 1km)Шаблон:ISBN
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
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  6. The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Staffordshire Section: Шаблон:ISBN
  7. Шаблон:Cite web