Eccleshall, Staffordshire

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Eccleshall is a town in Staffordshire

Other current and historical names

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

Eccleshall in historic gazetteers

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

Eccleshall, market town, par., and township, in co. and 7 miles NW. of Stafford -- par., 21,738 ac., pop. 4455; township, 19,755 ac., pop. 4075; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Friday; agriculture is the chief industry; Eccleshall Castle has been the seat of the bishops of Lichfield from the 13th century.

Eccleshall in the Domesday Book

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

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