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Holmcroft Road was the name chosen by the council for the street that connects the residential area to the A34 Stone Road. Thus Holmcroft or Holmcroft Estate became part of the postal address. Even for estate homes not located on Holmcroft Road. The name means "croft by the island", from Old Norse holmr "island" and Old English croft "croft".
The bridge carries Hay End Road over the Trent and Mersey Canal, and the lock is to the southwest. The bridge is in red brick with stone dressings, and consists of a single four-centred arch with abutments sweeping round to each side. The lock has wooden gates. [18] Bridge No. 51 and lock
The bridge carries a road over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It is in red brick, and consists of a single arch with a stone coped perforated parapet. The abutments have pilasters with pyramidal caps. A short flight of steps leads up to the lock. The bridge, lock and towpath are also a Scheduled Monument. [16] [17] II
Between the 12th and 15th centuries, the de Darlaston family were the landowners, When the de Darlaston family died out, the manor was taken over by the Hayes family and was known as Great Croft. Darlaston's location on the South Staffordshire coalfield led to the early development of coal mining and associated industrial activities.
Rugeley is a market town and a civil parish in the district of Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. It contains 30 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Westcroft [1] [failed verification] is a residential area in the Essington parish [2] of South Staffordshire in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. [3] It is located to the north of Wolverhampton and south of Featherstone. [4] [failed verification] It lies on the A460 road and to the south of Junction 1 of the M54 motorway. As at ...
Brewood and Coven is a civil parish in the district of South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains 137 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, eleven are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the ...
Froghall is a village situated approximately ten miles to the east of Stoke-on-Trent and two miles north of Cheadle in Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 Census can be found under Kingsley. Froghall sits in the Churnet Valley, a beautiful and relatively unspoilt part of Staffordshire.