Moreton

Other current and historical names

Moreton in Gnosall
Moreton in Gnosnall

Built-Up Area: Moreton
Parish/Community: Gnosall
District/Borough: Stafford
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'9"N 2°18'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 378917, 317282
OS Grid: SJ789172
Mapcode Local: GBR 05X.HTC
Mapcode Global: WH9CZ.F2DJ

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

Moreton in historic gazetteers

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

Moreton (or Moreton In Gnosall), eccl. dist. and vil., Gnosall par., Staffordshire - dist., pop. 691; vil., 3 miles E. of Newport; P.O.

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

Moreton In Gnosnall, Staffordshire. See MORETON.

Moreton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfgeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Benedict of Dawley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 4 smallholders; 1 slave; 2 other
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 1/2½

British Place Names

Moreton, Staffordshire

Moreton is a village in Staffordshire

Moreton in historic gazetteers

Moreton in the Domesday Book