Coton Clanford is a small dispersed
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
village lying in gently rolling countryside due west of
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...
, England, and southeast of
Seighford. The name of the village is sometimes hyphenated to Coton-Clanford, appearing this way on some cottage names locally. The population for this village as taken at the
2011 census can be found under Seighford. It lies midway between the
B5405 road, 1½ miles to the north and the
A518 1½ miles to the south.
The village has no shop, public house or church, comprising only a few scattered houses and cottages, several dairy farms and a long unused 19th-century chapel.
History and amenities
The name derives from "(at the) cottages" (Coton) and, probably, "clean, unencumbered ford" (Clanford, added later).
The
Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1884, with the foundation stone laid on 30 October 1884. The chapel records 1891–1907, Coton Clanford Society records and Methodist chapel minute books, 1903–1929, are stored at
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...
Record Offic
It seems likely that the chapel had a congregation of no more than 30. Since 1960 it has been owned and used by Stafford Trinity Church Scouts.
The village straddles Clanford Brook, which meanders southeastwards from
Ranton towards Little Aston and
Doxey and is bounded to the north by the southeastern edge of
Seighford airfield and several large woods.
The English philosopher and cleric
William Wollaston was born in the village in 1659.
Clanford Hall
Located here also is Clanford Hall, a three-storey, half-timbered
Tudor mansion now used as a farmhouse. The building, built in 1684, is
listed Grade II*. It is timber-framed with a tiled roof and brick chimney stacks. It has been restored in brick and colour-washed.
References
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Borough of Stafford
Villages in Staffordshire