Bassetts Pole is an area at the
Staffordshire
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–
West Midlands
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Etymology
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–Warwickshire tripoint. Population details can be found under
Middleton, Warwickshire. It is sited on the
A446 London Road at its junction with the
A38.
History
The name derives from a marker post set up by the Bassett family - owners of the Drayton Estate (hence the nearby village of Drayton Bassett). This delineated the boundary with the Middleton estates of the De Frevilles/Willoughbys/Grazebrooks and the Shenstone estates of the Grazebrooks.
Transport
The site is located on the
A446, with easy access to the
A38; the
Sutton Coldfield
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bypass and Junction T3 of the
M6 Toll motorway
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. The nearest
railway station
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is
Four Oaks, approximately away.
Villages in Warwickshire
Border tripoints
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