Adbaston is a village and a

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in the

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Location

The village is north east of the town of

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, and south east of

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. The nearest railway station is at

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. The nearest main roads are the A41 which passes the village to the south west.- Staffordshire A-Z County Atlas: 2011 Edition: Scale:3.8 inches to 1 mile (5.9cm to 1km) The village is situated approximately halfway between towns of

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and

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, and near the villages and hamlets of

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, High Offley and Knighton, Staffordshire.

History

Etymology

The name Adbaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Eadbald and means 'Eadbald‘s town'; it was recorded in the

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of 1086 as ''Edboldestone'' and in the 12th and 13th century as ''Adbaldestone'', ''Alboldestun'', and ''Albaldiston''.

Domesday Book

Adbaston is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086; in the survey the village has the name ''Edboldestone''.The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Staffordshire Section: In the survey the settlement was described as quite small with only 5.8 households. Other assets included 17 villager or ''

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'', meadow of 15 acres, 40 smallholders and 1 slave. There was also 25 ploughlands (land for), 3 lord's plough teams, 13 men's plough teams. In 1066 the lord of the manor was Robert,

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. Before that the lord of the manor was said to have been previously Leofwine

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Present day

The village contains a church, "St Michael and All Angels", and a phone box. There was once a school but it closed due to diminishing numbers of children.

References

External links

* * {{authority control Villages in Staffordshire Borough of Stafford Civil parishes in Staffordshire