Outwoods, Stafford

Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west from Gnosall, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Newport, and 11.8 miles (19.0 km) South-West-West from Stafford. Population details as taken at the 2011 Census can be found under Gnosall.

The Back Brook is a minor watercourse in the English counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire, in places forming the boundary between the two, and located generally to the east/southeast of the town of Newport. It flows into Aqualate Mere.

Aqualate Hall, a 20th-century country house, is located in Forton, Staffordshire, England, some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire and 10 miles (16 km) west of the county town of Stafford. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Aqualate Mere, in Staffordshire, is the largest natural lake in the English Midlands and is managed as a national nature reserve (NNR) by Natural England. The Mere lies within the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire. It is within the grounds of Aqualate Hall, a country house, with a landscaped deer park. Although large in extent (1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide), the Mere is remarkably shallow and is nowhere much more than one metre (3.3 ft) deep. Aqualate Mere is an example of an esker system (rare in the Midlands) formed by glacial meltwaters during the late Devensian glaciation. The depression in which the Mere lies, thought to be a kettle hole, and the surrounding higher ground which comprises glacial sand and gravel deposits were all formed at the same time. It is fed by streams coming from the north, south and east (including Back Brook), and its outflow to the west forms the River Meese which joins the River Tern, a tributary of the River Severn. The Mere supports diverse fish and bird populations, including large numbers of wintering and breeding wildfowl and breeding Eurasian curlew and common snipe. Together with the surrounding land, it is also important for its botanical and invertebrate communities. Mammals found on the NNR include polecat, water vole and harvest mouse, together with bats such as pipistrelle, Daubenton's, Natterer's, Brandt's and whiskered. Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Āc-gelād, meaning "oak grove", influenced by Latin "aqua" = water, "lata" = wide.

Beffcote is a village in Staffordshire, England. For the population taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011 see Gnosall.

Great Chatwell is a small village within the civil parish of Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard, in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the border with Shropshire, around 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Blymhill. The name presumably derives either from nearby St. Chad's well at Chadwell or from the Old English for 'Ceatta's well or stream'. The village contains a number of notable buildings. A white cottage was formerly a telephone exchange, reputedly the last manual exchange in England. Opposite the Red Lion public house is the former Cock Inn, the back wall of which is ancient and thought locally to have once formed part of a monastery. Beside this is the grand 19th-century arched entrance to Chatwell Court. A short distance to the north-east of the village can be found the well-preserved remains of a brick kiln. At the south of the village are the sheds of a substantial factory farm.

Chadwell is a hamlet in the county of Shropshire, England. It lies 1/2 mile west of the village of Great Chatwell over the Staffordshire border and comprises a number of red brick buildings including a converted water mill. The name derives either from the Old English for 'the cold spring' or from St. Chad's well, which can be found in the hamlet. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Sheriffhales.

Woodcote Hall is a nursing home situated on the edge of Newport, Shropshire, England, on the Staffordshire border.

Pave Lane is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Newport, just outside the small village of Chetwynd Aston. It is an affluent area, with numerous large houses, many of which have been built in a Duke of Sutherland-inspired architectural style. Residents have excellent views of the Shropshire countryside and are in close proximity to Lilleshall Hall. There is a large public house in Pave Lane; 'The Fox'.

Orslow is an upland hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north-east of Great Chatwell. Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'Horsa's burial mound'. Of note in Orslow is the site of a 13th-century windmill (close to SJ 818156) and Orslow Manor, a red brick farmhouse of about 1800.

Gnosall was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1934. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Newport Rural Sanitary District which was in Staffordshire (the rest forming Newport Rural District in Shropshire). It consisted of the parishes of Adbaston, Church Eaton, Forton, Gnosall, High Offley, Norbury and Weston Jones. The district was abolished in 1934 under a County Review Order. Most of it became part of the Stafford Rural District, with part going to Cannock Rural District. In 1940, there was a statue erected to commemorate the district.

Norbury Junction (grid reference SJ793228) is a hamlet and former canal junction which lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south east of Norbury, in Staffordshire, England. The junction is where the Shrewsbury Canal meets the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal. Both canals opened in 1835 but the Shrewsbury Canal closed in 1944. The main line still runs through the former junction.