Great Bridgeford is a village in

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, England. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under

Seighford Seighford ( ) is a village and civil parish about west of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,793. The ford across a small stream is the origin of the village's toponym. The village ...

. It lies on the A5013 and is the point where the B5405 meets the A5013. The village lies on the

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(

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) railway and contains a

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, and two

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courts.

The village was served by two successive

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, the first from 1837 to 1840 and the second from 1876 until closing in 1959. The railway line at Great Bridgeford was the scene of a major accident and derailment on the evening of 6 June 1932. Four people died and many others were injured in this accident. A picture of the rail locomotive lying on its side in the aftermath of the accident can be seen here:Staffordshire Past Track -Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford

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Villages in Staffordshire Borough of Stafford {{Staffordshire-geo-stub

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