Rocester
Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt Rowcestre in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is located on the Derbyshire border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,680 residents
- Description: village in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rocester, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rocester Abbey and Church of St Michael.
Rocester Abbey
Archaeological site
Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level. The Augustinian abbey of St.
Abbotsholme School
School
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbotsholme School is a co-educational private boarding and day school. The school is situated on a 140-acre campus on the banks of the River Dove in Derbyshire, England near the county border and the village of Rocester in Staffordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Denstone and Marston Montgomery.
Denstone
Village
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet.
Marston Montgomery
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marston Montgomery is a small village and civil parish in western Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was at least 3. It is 4 miles from the town of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. Marston Montgomery is situated 2 miles southeast of Rocester.
Norbury
Hamlet
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Norbury is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles north of Rocester, on the B5033 road and the River Dove. The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. Norbury is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rocester.
Rocester
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Rocester, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9508° or 52° 57′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.84035° or 1° 50′ 25″ westPopulation
1,680Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RCROpen location code
9C4WX525+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 25828244OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rocester” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روسيستر”
- Catalan: “Rocester”
- Cebuano: “Rocester”
- Chinese: “Rocester”
- Dutch: “Rocester”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روسيستر”
- French: “Rocester”
- German: “Rocester”
- Hebrew: “רוסטר”
- Irish: “Rocester”
- Italian: “Rocester”
- Japanese: “ロースター”
- Ladin: “Rocester”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rocester”
- Persian: “روسستر”
- Polish: “Rocester”
- Russian: “Ростер”
- Spanish: “Rocester”
- Swedish: “Rocester”
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Notable Places Nearby
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