Holmcroft is the name of a

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

, England, residential estate approximately 1½ miles north of Stafford town centre, situated in a geographic area long recorded as "

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." ''Holmcroft'' is also a Ward of Stafford Borough Council. ''Holmcroft Road'' was the name chosen by the council for the street that connects the residential area to the A34 Stone Road. Thus ''Holmcroft'' or ''Holmcroft Estate'' became part of the postal address. Even for estate homes not located on Holmcroft Road. The name means "

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", from Old Norse ''holmr'' "island" and Old English ''croft'' "croft". The name was recorded as ''Holimcroft'' in 1183. The original Holmcroft Estate of private houses was built just before the war: c. 1934-39. A later phase, constructed c. 1946-49, known as ''

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'' homes, after the name of the company that built them, were originally council owned. Many of the properties have since been sold by the council to private owners. For many years, the local infants school on Young Avenue was ''Holmcroft Primary School,'' later to be named ''Tillington Manor Primary School.'' There is a family pub on Holmcroft Road called ''The Holmcroft'' and a small shopping precinct nearby with a

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, barbers, pharmacy, Coral bookmakers, laundrette and library. A large hotel ''Tillington Hall Hotel'' was situated close-by on A5013 Eccleshall Road. It was demolished in 2021-22. The land is now planned to be used for a new housing project. Saint Bertelins

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is also nearby.

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