Rugeley, Staffordshire

Location Map

Rugeley is a town in Staffordshire

Other current and historical names

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

Rugeley in historic gazetteers

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

Rugeley, market town and par. (ry. stations Rugeley Junction and Rugeley Town), in co. and 9½ miles SE. of Stafford, on river Trent - par., 8449 ac., pop. 7048; town, 600 ac., pop. 4249; P.O., T.O, 2 Banks, 1 news-paper. Market-day, Thursday. Rugeley has public buildings (commenced in 1878), with market hall, &c., and a free grammar school. The inhabitants find employment chiefly in the iron foundries, and in the extensive collieries in the neighbourhood.

Rugeley in the Domesday Book

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

BritishPlaceNames.uk is a Good Stuff website.