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Gunstone is a hamlet in the South Staffordshire district of
Gunstone hasn't changed much in the 20th century and is still very much a rural hamlet flanked by fields and farms despite its proximity to nearby Wolverhampton (2 miles from the city's north western border)
Gunstone Hall Equestrian is a livery yard
is based here, ran by husband and wife team, Samantha and William Fish. Alongside the
Gunstone Hall Equestrian Facebook page
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England. It is situated north east of the village of Codsall.
Place name and location
The place-name 'Gunstone' was first recorded in 1186 as ''Gonestona''. Toponymists have the name coming from a combination of an Old Norse personal name - ''Gunni'' or ''Gunnr'', withOld English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''tūn'', giving the enclosure or farmstead of Gunni. In early English times, Gunstone sat just a few miles south of border of the Danelaw at Watling Street - the area of England under Danish control.
The settlement is based around Whitehouse Lane, with Pendeford in Wolverhampton to the east and Codsall Wood to the west. The Moat Brook, a tributary of the River Penk, passes through Gunstone, occasionally flooding sections of Whitehouse Lane after a period of sustained rain.
A Roman road
Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...
ran south through this area from Pennocrucium in the direction of Greensforge.
Today
Gunstone hasn't changed much in the 20th century and is still very much a rural hamlet flanked by fields and farms despite its proximity to nearby Wolverhampton (2 miles from the city's north western border)Gunstone Hall Equestrian is a livery yard
is based here, ran by husband and wife team, Samantha and William Fish. Alongside the
Staffordshire Way
The Staffordshire Way is a long-distance walk in Staffordshire, England. The path links with the Cheshire Gritstone Trail, the Heart of England Way and the North Worcestershire Path.
The Way was opened in three stages by Staffordshire Cou ...
route - a bridleway
A bridle path, also bridleway, equestrian trail, horse riding path, ride, bridle road, or horse trail, is a trail or a thoroughfare that is used by people riding horses, riding on horses. Trails originally created for use by horses often now s ...
that passes through the area, is Gunstone Farm. In July 2010 the farm listed traditional farm buildings for sale through Smiths Gore
Smiths Gore was a firm of chartered surveyors with 32 offices and 18 estate offices across the UK. It is noted for its rural property consultancy services.
History
The firm was started in 1847 when John Pickering and Edmund James Smith formed a pa ...
, with full planning consent for conversion to residential dwellings.http://www.smithsgore.co.uk/news-estate-agency/gunstone-farm-buildings-21364 Gunstone Farm buildings
Further reading
Gunstone Hall Equestrian Facebook page
References
{{Reflist South Staffordshire District Hamlets in Staffordshire