Edingale is a village and

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, Staffordshire, England.OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :Map Details
retrieved 11 April 2013 It lies on the

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, around north of Tamworth. Historically, the village is shared with

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. In 2001 the parish had a population of 598, increasing to 632 at the 2011 census.

The village

A well-known family coming from Edingale would be the Green family, which has lived in the village for generations. Edingale's most famous son must be Mr. E J Holland (Jos Holland), a local farmer who bred

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s and worked them on his farm into the 1970s.Reference to E J Holland
retrieved 11 April 2013 Many of the "shires" bred by Jos Holland earned awards of repute. Jos Holland's main man was Tom Wilcox who worked for him looking after the Shire Horse, Clun Forest Sheep and Tamworth pigs from when he left school until he had to retire due to ill health in his late 50s. The local primary school is the Mary Howard CE School.school website
retrieved 11 April 2013 The village had a second pub until the early 1970s – the Holy Bush. Another notable village family are the Garlands who originally owned farms in the area and have now expanded into shooting grounds and even rocket launching areas. The village also has its own pub called the Black Horse which many villagers refer to as their local.

History

Edingale was mentioned in the

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as part of Derbyshire and belonging to

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and being worth two shillings. The name of the village comes from

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, with the meaning ''nook of land of Edins'' (or ''Eadwines'') people''. Until the late 19th century the village of Edingale was divided between the chapelry of Edingale, within

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parish in Staffordshire, and the parish of Croxall, in Derbyshire. In 1831 the population of the Staffordshire village was 177. By 1851 it had risen to 197, on about 850 acres of land, when the lord of the manor was the

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, though the land belonged to a number of other persons. Formerly in

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, the parish became part of

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during the boundary changes of 1934. The civil parish of

Croxall Croxall is a hamlet and former civil parish in England that was historically in Derbyshire, but since 1895 has been part of Edingale parish, Staffordshire. The settlement today is mainly the Church of England parish church of St John and Crox ...

was incorporated into Edingale at the same time.

Landmarks

A number of houses in the village are listed Grade II, as is the Church of the Holy Trinity and associated buildings. The village of

also has a number of historic buildings.

Sport

The village has 1 football team Edingale Swifts. they will play the 2016-2017 season in Division 3 of the ''Tamworth and District Sunday Football League''. They won the Division Three league and cup double in 2015-16 season with an unbeaten league record. The Black Horse Edingale were the villages other football team but they folded in December 2013.

References

External links

Staffordshire Past Track: Old images of EdingaleA Lost Way of Life: Farms in the Parish, edingalevillage.co.uk
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