Apeton is a hamlet in Staffordshire in the

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region of England. It is located southwest of Stafford, in the civil parish of

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and the

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. Apeton is mentioned as ''Abetone'' in the 11th-century

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, when it was part of the land of

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. In the 1880s it was in the parish of

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, until parts were transferred to

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and Haughton. The boundaries were changed again in 1934, when

parish was extended to include Apeton to the north.

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Hamlets in Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-geo-stub