Ranton Abbey Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Ranton Abbey is an extra-parochial place. 

Alternative names: Ronton Abbey

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RANTON-ABBEY, or Ronton-Abbey, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Stafford; adjacent to Ranton parish.

Acres, 700. Real property, £1,007. Pop., 13. Houses, 3.

An Augustinian priory, a cell to Haughmond abbey in Salop, was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by Robert Fitz-Noel; and is now represented by only a tower and a small portion of the cloisters. A shooting-box of the Earl of Lichfield is near the ruins.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stafford
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  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Stafford
  • Hundred: South Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury