Moreton is a small rural village in the
borough of Stafford in
Staffordshire
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, England, near the border with
Shropshire. It lies south-west from the former site of
Gnosall railway station, and south-east from
Newport
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, both on the Stafford and Shrewsbury section of the former
London and North Western Railway
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In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
. Population details as taken at the
2011 Census can be found under
Gnosall.
Description
Two notable sites in the village are the village community hall built in 2000 and St. Mary's Church. The church of St. Mary is a stone building, in the
Italian style
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, and was erected in 1837; it consists of chancel, transepts and nave, with tower and one bell, and seats 340 people. One other local site which is now a privately owned home is the school, which at one point had over one hundred students from Moreton and its hamlets.
Considering the size of the village (roughly 50-60 houses), the lack of more facilities is understandable.
The village is made up primarily of three roads: Heath Lane, Post Office Lane and Church Lane. Both the village hall and church are located on Church Lane, nearer to where the Lane joins Post Office Lane.
History
Moreton
ecclesiastical parish was formed on April 26, 1845, from the parish of
Gnosall, although it remained in Gnosall
parish for civil purposes.
Until the mid-1870s, it was referred to as a
hamlet of Gnosall , and can be found, prior to 1880, described with the history of Gnosall. However, by 1880 it had developed sufficiently to be referred to separately, with its own 'satellite' hamlets: Bromstead Heath,
Great Chatwell
Great Chatwell is a small village within the civil parish of Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard, in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the border with Shropshire, around north-west of Blymhill.
The name presuma ...
, Coley,
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and Wilbrighton.
Folklorist
Charlotte Burne
Charlotte Sophia Burne (Shropshire, 1850–1923) was an English author and editor, and the first woman to become president of the Folklore Society.
Life
Charlotte Sophia Burne was born on 2 May 1850 at Moreton, Staffordshire, Moreton vicarage in S ...
(1850-1923) was born at Moreton Vicarage.
References
External links
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Villages in Staffordshire
Borough of Stafford
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