Ranton
Ranton is a hamlet and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated 3.5 miles west of Stafford, 2.5 miles east of Woodseaves and 2 miles northeast of Gnosall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 373 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ranton, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Chad and Abbey House.
Church of St Chad
Church
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Church of St Chad is situated 1½ miles east of Ranton.
Abbey House
Tower
Photo: Peter morrell, CC BY 3.0.
Abbey House is an early 19th-century ruined stately home in Ranton, Staffordshire, England.
Ranton Abbey
Tower
Photo: Peter morrell, Public domain.
Ranton Abbey or Ranton Priory was an Augustinian Priory in Ranton, Staffordshire, England, built c.1150 by Robert fitz Noel of Ellenhall. The priory flourished in the 13th century as a subordinate house to Haughmond Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ellenhall and Haughton.
Ellenhall
Village
Ellenhall is a small Staffordshire hamlet roughly 2.5 miles south of Eccleshall originally comprising part of the extensive estates of the Earl of Lichfield. Ellenhall is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ranton.
Haughton
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside and to the west of the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 between Stafford and Gnosall. Haughton is situated 2½ miles south of Ranton.
Derrington
Village
Derrington is a village west of the town of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. For population details from the 2011 census see under Seighford. Derrington had an 18th-century pub, The Red Lion, but it has ceased trading. Derrington is situated 2½ miles east of Ranton.
Ranton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Ranton, Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.81393° or 52° 48′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.21363° or 2° 12′ 49″ westPopulation
373Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C4VRQ7P+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 78450001OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639637Wikidata ID
Q2334313
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