Hoar Cross Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.79°N -1.8°W
Official Name:Hoar Cross
Shire District:East Staffordshire
Shire County:Staffordshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Lichfield
Post Town:BURTON-ON-TRENT
Postcode District:DE13
Postcode Area:DE
Dial Code:01283
Os Grid Reference:SK132232
Population:250
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Static Image Name:File:Holy Angels, Hoar Cross - geograph.org.uk - 1451994.jpg
Static Image Caption:Holy Angels' Church, Hoar Cross

Hoar Cross is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of East Staffordshire, situated approximately west of Burton upon Trent.

History

Hoarcross, as it was then called, was enclosed like the nearby Chartley Park from Needwood Forest. Unlike Chartley Park, Hoarcross survived without significant development. Today it is surrounded by agricultural land, still nestled in the hills of the ancient Needwood Forest (now part of the National Forest) but now become a notably affluent part of the East Staffordshire borough.

The eight extensive ornate partitioned gardens of Hoar Cross Hall once rivalled those of nearby Trentham, and maintained an extensive staff of gardeners in the early decades of the 20th century. Today this 19th century mansion is a hotel and health spa, situated NaNmiles to the west of Hoar Cross village.[2]

The Church

See main article: Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross. The Anglican parish church of Hoar Cross is Holy Angels' Church, in the Diocese of Lichfield. It was built by the pious Anglo-Catholic, Emily Charlotte Meynall-Ingram (sister of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax) as a memorial to her late husband Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram. The church - an extremely elaborate edifice - was designed by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. One of its more famous features is a highly elaborate set of Stations of the Cross. Since 2008, it has received AEO from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 9 December 2015.
  2. Web site: The Hall of Hoar Cross Hall . 2024-03-29 . baronseden.com . en.