We use cookies to enhance your experience with savills, including to show you more personalised content and tailored advertisements. Castle church has been a separate parish from at least 1546. Seighford hall is an ancient mansion situated in a wellwooded park. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Seighford hall near stafford about 8 km from where i live taken in summer 1977. It is literally steeped in history, holds untold stories of death and.
If original photographs or papers are still in the family, we can help to caption photographs and explain the. Seighford is a scattered village above a small brook which flows east from latford pool to the river sow. Seighford, staffordshire genealogy heraldry and history. Situated in the heart of england, tillington hall hotel is the ideal familyfriendly base to explore the many local attractions that are within easy reach. Venues derrington village hall, billington lane, derrington, st18 9lr great bridgeford village hall, newport road, great bridgeford, st18 9pr seighford village hall, main road, seighford, st18 9pq clicktap here for a report of the latest parish council meeting that is available clicktap here for an archive of all available parish council meeting reports clicktap here for a copy of the. There is also a ford across a small stream, hence the villages name. Seighford, a parish, with four villages, in the district and county of stafford. Filing history for seighford hall nursing home limited 03420258 people for seighford hall nursing home limited 03420258 charges for seighford hall nursing home. This is a list of the sheriffs and high sheriffs of staffordshire the sheriff is the oldest secular office under the crown. I started to seriously research my family history in 1990.
The population of this civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,793. Please contact us if you are related to somebody on the list, or know of a photograph of them. From history, gazetteer and directory of staffordshire, william white, sheffield, 1851 the population of seighford parish was as follows. Sandon park, a hall set in wooded parkland with a church and moat, was the home of the first earl of harrowby, foreign secretary during pitt the youngers time as prime minister. Clanford hall, seighford, staffordshire history in structure. To book online airport taxis, cab, minibus and luxury cars from heathrow terminal 1 to seighford, visit the website. The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry. There were 357 places in the county of staffordshire in domesday book. From those inauspicious beginnings an iconic brand was born. Timber framed with tiled roofs and brick stacks irregular plan owing to c19 additions, 3 gabled front with renewed carved barge boards. Adbaston is an ancient parish in the county of staffordshire. Local attractions stafford staffs tillington hall hotel. Adbaston cum knighton, adbaston with knighton, batchacre, bishops offley, bishops offlow, tunstall near eccleshall, flashbrook, flashbrook with batchacre, outlands, tunstall, and bishops offlow with outlands. Seighford is a small village about 3 miles 5 km west of stafford in staffordshire, england.
Its parish contains the hamlets of aston, doxey, and derrington, from one to one and a half miles east, coton clanford. Step back in time to stafford as towns history revealed. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The wood nearby was the site of battle between danes and. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. From country estates to city apartments, your ideal property is just a click away. The other old halls in the parish are occupied by farmers, but td weaver, esq, has a neat modern residence at doxey. Media in category 1775 portrait paintings of men the following 73 files are in this category, out of 73 total. Its parish contains the hamlets of aston, doxey, and derrington, from one to one and a half miles east, coton clanford, one mile south, and great and little bridgeford, three and a half miles.
Alternatively, passengers can pre book an airport transfer or airport taxis, cab, minicab and luxury cars with us, at fixed prices. This property is located at cooksland hall, seighford, stafford st18 9pp. The church is chiefly norman, and contains a large marble altartomb of 1593 for sir william bowyer and his wife. Seighford is a small village about three miles 5 km west of stafford in staffordshire, england. More than 100 years and billions of wellwishes later, hallmark cards, inc.
The kings hall, part of stoke town hall, built in 1834. The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Savills properties for sale in seighford, staffordshire. Properties for sale in seighford, staffordshire from savills, world leading estate agents. The liberal and philanthropic john eld was actively involved in the foundation and administration of the staffordshire general infirmary. The next thing that i remember doing is visiting stoke town hall, and spending time in a basement room. The estate descended in the whitgreave family along with great bridgeford in seighford and moseley old hall. Are these the top 20 most haunted places in staffordshire. Search the history of over 429 billion web pages on the internet. Military aircraft crashes in the north west midlands 1944. History of seighford, in stafford and staffordshire map. Seighford staffordshire family history guide parishmouse.
On january 10, 1910, a teenager from nebraska stepped off a train in kansas city, mo. This page simply lists all places mentioned in domesday book. Property details for cooksland hall seighford stafford. High sheriff of staffordshire project gutenberg self. John eld of seighford hall, stafford, thomas gainsborough. These names were used for units associated with seighford. The film, called stafford a stroll down memory lane, includes clips of a royal visit to cannock chase in 1942, stafford rangers at wembley in 1972 and many more. A much renovated and enlarged late cl6 house in local vernacular.
This is a list of the high sheriff s of staffordshire the high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the crown. Cheap airport taxi heathrow terminal 1 to seighford at. He resides at seighford hall, an ancient house with modern wings, on the west side of the village. He resides at seighford hall, an ancient house with modern wings, on the west side of the villagethe parish church, st chad, was partly rebuilt of brick about 100 years ago, and contains many neat mural monuments. Commissioned by the infirmarys trustees, this portrait hung there for one hundred and forty years. Military aircraft crashes in the north west midlands 1944 details of the crashes and the names of the aircrew involved appear on this page. The site was opened as a satelliterelief landing ground for raf hixon, 7.
Full text of a history of the north staffordshire hounds and country. Raf seighford is a former royal air force station located 3. Filing history for seighford hall nursing home limited 03420258 people for seighford hall nursing home limited 03420258 charges for seighford hall nursing home limited 03420258. Full text of a history of the north staffordshire hounds. The castle of the stafford barony is not mentioned in domesday book, but the existence of the remains of what was undoubtedly a motte and bailey castle. Seighford hall nursing home limited filing history free. Gainsborough portrays eld in a powdered wig and elegant costume, holding a print of the hospitals facade. Handpainted oil painting reproduction of john eld of seighford hall, stafford by thomas gainsborough museum quality oil painting on artist grade canvas. The footage pieces together a timeline of stafford that also includes the hunt at seighford hall in. A good example of c17 vernacular architecture of the area. William whites history, gazetteer and directory of staffordshire 1851 described the village. Seighford hall nursing home limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual. Click on the links for details of the units and their names.
The ford across a small stream is the origin of the villages toponym. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of lichfield. History of seighford, in stafford and staffordshire. Just like wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. John eld of seighford hall, stafford thomas gainsborough.