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词条 Weston, Staffordshire
释义

  1. Location

  2. Population

  3. History

     Domesday Book    Saint Andrew's Parish Church  

  4. Notable buildings and structures

  5. References

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|country = England
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|population =965
|shire_district= Stafford
|shire_county = Staffordshire
|region= West Midlands
|constituency_westminster=
|post_town=STAFFORD
|postcode_district =ST18
|postcode_area=ST
|dial_code=01889
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|static_image= Weston upon Trent Church - geograph.org.uk - 63368.jpg
|static_image_width= 200px
|static_image_caption=The Parish Church of Saint Andrew
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Weston is a village and civil parish.[1] within the English county of Staffordshire.[2][3] The parish is in the Local Authority of Stafford (Non-Metropolitan District).

Location

The village is {{convert|4.6|mi|km|1}} north east of the town of Stafford, and {{convert|9.5|mi|km|1}} south west of Uttoxeter. The village of Gayton is {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} to the north east. The nearest railway station is at Stafford. The nearest main roads are the A51.[4] which skirts the north eastern boundary of the village.

Population

The 2011 census recorded a population of 965[5] in 422 Households. The parish comes under the Stafford Non-Metropolitan District.

History

The ancient village and parish of Weston was a forest clearing on the outskirts and was part of the Chartley Estate which was sold off in 1904. The high ground meant that the surrounding land was well drained with a good water supply from the nearby River Trent. This small settlement was also located at the intersection of the London - Lichfield - Chester road and the Shrewsbury - Stafford - Derby road (the current A51 and A518 respectively). The road from Stafford originally forded the Trent. In the late 18th Century a flood washed away the bridge there. It was later replaced by a single arch stone bridge in the 19th century.

Domesday Book

Weston on Trent is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[6] In the survey the village is recorded as being as the holding of one of King William's thegn's named Sperri, having previously being held by a Saxon named Wulfhelm. Assets of the village were listed as half a virgāta of land. Land for one plough, one villager or villein, 3 acres of meadows.[7] There was one Household in the village and the amount of tax per household was calculated at one-eighth of one 'hide'. The gross taxable value of the village was calculated at 0.1 geld units, with a Value to lord of the manor in 1086 of £0.1.

Saint Andrew's Parish Church

The Parish Church of St. Andrews was restored by George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s and by William Butterfield in the 1870s.[8] Butterfield's restoration revealed some of the original Norman work. The bell tower dates from the early 13th Century. The tower holds two bells; "Ave Maria" dating from 1402 and "Ann Shaw" dating from 1962. A third bell, "Katerina", dating from 1500, can be found cracked upon the floor. The church also houses a silver communion paten dating from the early 15th Century. The Parish registers, kept by Staffordshire Record Office, date from 1581.

Notable buildings and structures

In the village, the present thatched "Manor House", which has been used as a farm building in the past, dates from the 16th Century. In the mid 19th Century it was used as the national School and school keeper's cottage, then as a Wesleyan Methodist meeting house until the present Methodist Church was built at the start of the 20th Century along the main London - Chester road.

References

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1. ^{{cite web|work=Weston with Gayton Parish and village information|url=http://www.westonstaffs.org.uk/index.php| format=.| title= Weston with Gayton Community online| accessdate=2013-04-17}}
2. ^OS Explorer Map 244: Cannock Chase & Chasewater: (1:25 000) :{{ISBN|0 319 46269 2}}
3. ^Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
4. ^- Staffordshire A-Z County Atlas: 2011 Edition: Scale:3.8 inches to 1 mile (5.9cm to 1km){{ISBN|978 1 84348 748 7}}
5. ^{{cite web | work= Office for National Statistics Census (2011)|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130456&c=Weston&d=16&e=62&g=6464542&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1366145728985&enc=1| format= Neighbourhood Statistics webpage| title=Census population and household counts for parish of Kingstone | accessdate=2013-04-16}}
6. ^The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 194 {{ISBN|1858334403}}
7. ^{{cite web|work= Open Domesday|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK0025/hixonhttp://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SJ9727/weston-upon-trent/| format= by Anna Powell-Smith. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull.| title= Hixon| accessdate=2013-04-15}}
8. ^Staffordshire (The Buildings of England): Author: Nikolaus Pevsner: Publisher: Pevsner Architectural Guides; 1st edition (27 May 1976): {{ISBN|0140710469}}
{{Civil Parishes of Stafford}}

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