Great Bridgeford is a village in the
Borough of Stafford
The Borough of Stafford is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after Stafford, its largest town, which is where the council is based. The borough also includes the towns of Stone and Ecclesha ...
,
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, ...
, England, and a ward of
Seighford civil parish. Population details taken at the
2011 census can be found under
Seighford. It lies on the
A5013 and is the point where the
B5405 meets the A5013. The hamlet of
Little Bridgeford is on the A5013 a short distance to the north.
The village lies on the
West Coast Main Line
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(
London
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to
Glasgow
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) railway and contains a
village hall
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United Kingdom
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, and two
tennis
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courts.

The village was served by two successive
railway stations
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, the first from 1837 to 1840 and the second from 1876 until closing in 1959.
The railway line at Great Bridgeford was the scene of a major accident and derailment on the evening of 6 June 1932. Four people died and many others were injured in this accident. A picture of the rail locomotive lying on its side in the aftermath of the accident can be seen here:
Staffordshire Past Track -Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford
See also
* Listed buildings in Seighford
References
External links
Villages in Staffordshire
Borough of Stafford
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