Forton

Forton is a small village and civil parish in , England, situated east of the market town of . The civil Parish population at the 2011 census was 308.
Wikipedia
Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 300 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Forton, Staffordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints and Forton Hall.

Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Building
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 17th-century country house situated in the village of Forton, , close to the Shropshire border at . It is a Grade II* listed building.

Park
is an 18th-century landscape garden with woodland, on the edge of . The park can trace its history back to 1388, when it lay southeast of estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norbury and Longford.

Village
is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, in west , England. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 371. It is situated close to the border, approximately 4 miles north-east of , just south of the A519 Newport to road, and two miles south-east of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Forton.

Hamlet
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Forton.

Village
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village in the ceremonial county of , where it is part of the civil parish of , north of the town of . To the north is the small hamlet of , with to the west and Pickstock to the south-east. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Forton.

Forton

Latitude
52.78808° or 52° 47′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.36605° or 2° 21′ 58″ west
Population
300
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
Open location code
9C4VQJQM+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 528511405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649173
Wiki­data ID
Q2060365
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Forton” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фортън”
  • Cebuano: “Forton”
  • Chinese: “Forton”
  • Dutch: “Forton”
  • French: “Forton”
  • Irish: “Forton”
  • Ladin: “Forton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Forton (Staffordshire)”
  • Polish: “Forton”
  • Spanish: “Forton”
  • Swedish: “Forton, Staffordshire”
  • Swedish: “Forton”
  • Turkish: “Forton, Staffordshire”
  • “Forton”

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