Moddershall

Moddershall is a small village in the borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England, part of the civil parish of Stone Rural and ecclesiastical parish of Oulton with Moddershall. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the parish was 947.

History

Moddershall is mentioned in Domesday Book.[1] During the Industrial Revolution, Moddershall was known for its mills, used for grinding flour and later for grinding flint for use in the pottery trade. The church of All Saints, Moddershall, was built from local stone in 1904 by the Wedgwood family.[2]

Nearest places

References

  1. ^ http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SJ9236/moddershall/
  2. ^ http://www.thepotteries.org/city_limits/030.htm

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Coordinates: 52°56′N 2°07′W / 52.933°N 2.117°W / 52.933; -2.117

Last modified on 7 March 2013, at 22:58