Moreton, Staffordshire
| Moreton | |
| Staffordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ796171 |
| Location: | 52°45’4"N, 2°18’13"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newport |
| Postcode: | TF10 |
| Dialling code: | 01952 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stafford |
Moreton is a small rural village in Staffordshire. It lies 3½ miles south-west of the former site of Gnosall railway station, and four miles south-east from Newport in Shropshire, both on the Stafford and Shrewsbury section of the former London and North Western Railway.
Description
Two notable sites in the village are the village community hall built in 2000 and St Mary's Church. The church of St Mary is a stone building, in the Italian style, and was erected in 1837; it consists of chancel, transepts and nave, with tower and one bell, and seats 340 people. One other local site which is now a privately owned home is the school, which at one point had over one hundred students from Moreton and its hamlets.
The village is made up primarily of three roads: Heath Lane, Post Office Lane and Church Lane. Both the village hall and church are located on Church Lane, nearer to where the Lane joins Post Office Lane.
History
Moreton originates as a hamlet of the ancient parish of Gnosall. A separate ecclesiastical parish was formed on April 26, 1845, although it remained in Gnosall for civil purposes.
By 1880 it had developed sufficiently to be referred to separately from Gnosall, with its own 'satellite' hamlets: Bromstead Heath, Great Chatwell, Coley, Outwoods and Wilbrighton.
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