Admaston, Staffordshire Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Admaston
Shire District:East Staffordshire
Shire County:Staffordshire
Region:West Midlands
Post Town:RUGELEY
Postcode Area:WS
Postcode District:WS15
Coordinates:52.8063°N -1.9273°W
Os Grid Reference:SK050232

Admaston is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England just outside the town of Rugeley near to Abbots Bromley and Blithfield Hall.[1]

The name Admaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ēadmund and means 'Ēadmund's town'; it was recorded in the 12th century as Edmundestone and Admerdeston, and in the 13th century as Admundestan and Edmundestone.[2]

It is a namesake of Admaston/Bromley township in Renfrew County, Eastern Ontario, Canada, which took part of its name from this hamlet in the 19th century.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lennox. Marsya. Property: For What it's Worth - A slice of country status. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924164230/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83365801.html. dead. 24 September 2015. 16 August 2015. The Birmingham Post (England). 1 March 2002. Blithfield Hall at Admaston in Staffordshire.
  2. Book: Duigan . W. H. . Notes on Staffordshire Place Names . 1902 . Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press . London . 2 .
  3. News: The Citizen's District Staff of Correspondents. Origin of Place Names in District: Admaston. 16 August 2015. The Ottawa Evening Citizen. 115. 30 October 1937. Ottawa, Canada. 19. Admaston in Renfrew county was named after a village in Staffordshire, England..