Stramshall

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption =Saint Michael and All Angels parish church, Stramshall, Staffordshire.
official_name= Stramshall
latitude= 52.91982
longitude= -1.88089
population = 1,567
shire_district= East Staffordshire
shire_county = Staffordshire
civil_parish= Uttoxeter Rural CP
region= West Midlands
Politics=
constituency_westminster= Burton
post_town= UTTOXETER
postcode_district = ST14
postcode_area= ST
dial_code= 01889
os_grid_reference= SK0735
london_distance= convert|143|mi|km

Stramshall is a village within the civil parish of Uttoxeter Rural in the English county of Staffordshire, England [ OS Explorer Map 259, Derby, Ashbourne & Cheadle. ISBN 0 319 21895 3] . The village is 2.1 miles north of the town of Uttoxeter, 16.3 miles north east of Stafford and 143 miles north west of London. The village lies 0.8 miles north of the A50 that links Warrington to Leicester [ A to Z East Midlands Road Map, ISBN 1 84348 283 5 ] . The nearest railway station is at Uttoxeter for the Crewe to Derby line. The nearest airport is East Midlands Airport.

History

Stramshall has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 [The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Shropshire, Stramshall, page 230, ISBN 1858334403] . In the great book Stramshall is recorded by the name "Stagrigesholle". The manor was owned by the King. The main Tenant was Alric who had owned the manor before the Norman Conquest.

The Parish Council

Stramshall falls within the civil parish known as Uttoxeter Rural. The council meets once a month and they hold there meetings in the village halls of both Stramshall and the near-by village of Bramshall which they use alternately each Month. The village hall in Stramshall was built in 1979 is a a popular and well used venue which is located in Vicarage Drive.

The parish church of Saint Michael and All Saints

The parish church was built between 1850 and 1852 and was made a separate ecclesiastic parish in 1853.

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