Place-Name Form: Wall Grange

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Modern NameWall Grange
TypeFarm or estate
Grid ReferenceSJ 97815 55030
ParishLeek
CountyStaffordshire
Source593/H/3/380
Source Full TitleMap of Wallgrange c. 1714
Source LocationStafford Record Office
Source Catalogue ReferenceD595/H/3/380
Source URL
Date c. 1714
Notes Township: Longsdon Farm: Wall Grange A grange of Trentham Priory. Listed in 1291 in Tax. Ecc. and well documented within the Trentham papers. The house occupies a prominent position on a spur above the River Churnet, and while there is a spring marked below it the 'wall' element could just as easily be interpreted in the same way as Wallhill (Rushton) ... a rampart, Tenants named on the map: Mr Deybank, Timothy Harrison Hearth Tax: Wall-grange. Mr Lyonell Harrison 2; Mr Edward Downes 11. SHC 1925, p.162.

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