Cannock, Staffordshire

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Cannock is a town in Staffordshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cannock within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cannock in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cannock, town and par. with ry. sta., W. Staffordshire, 7½ miles NW. of Walsall and 125 miles NW. of London -- par., 10,775 ac., pop. 18,377; town, pop. 17,125; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; extensive coal mines. Cannock Chase is a rich coal district of about 3600 ac. The par. contains the hamlet of Cannock Wood.

Cannock in the Domesday Book

A village in Cuttlestone hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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