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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".
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 ...
Froghall was formerly served by Kingsley and Froghall railway station, on the North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley Line from North Rode to Uttoxeter via Leek.The line closed to passenger trains in the 1960s and completely closed to freight in 1988 with the transfer of the sand traffic from nearby Oakamoor to road haulage. [4]
Tunstall is linked to the A500 "D-road", which passes just west of the town, by the new A527 linkway the town connecting Tunstall and the rest of Stoke-on-Trent to the M6 motorway. Slightly further east the A34 runs north–south, towards Manchester and Newcastle-under-Lyme respectively.
Brewood / ˈ b r uː d / ⓘ is an ancient market town in the civil parish of Brewood and Coven, in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Brewood lies near the River Penk , 8 miles (13 km) north of Wolverhampton and 11 miles (18 km) south of Stafford .
Little Haywood is a village in the Borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. The population taken at the 2011 census was under Colwich. It lies beside the A51 road. Nearby is the West Coast Main Line, the Trent and Mersey Canal and beside it, the River Trent.
Ryknild Street Roman road – from Wall near Lichfield to Little Chester in Derby – passes through the village. The name Branston is Old English and means an estate belonging to a man called Brant, a personal name of Scandinavian origin. The medieval village stood near the river, its position decided by its proximity to a ford.
Rolleston on Dove, also known simply as Rolleston, is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England near Burton upon Trent. On 28 March 1983 the parish was renamed from "Rolleston" to "Rolleston on Dove". [ 2 ]