| Stone Rural | |
| Settlement Type: | Civil parish |
| Coordinates: | 52.9281°N -2.1111°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | England |
| Subdivision Name1: | Stafford |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Staffordshire |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | West Midlands |
| Established Title: | Stone Rural |
| Established Date: | 1894 |
| Seat Type: | Status |
| Seat: | Parish |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Aston-By-Stone, Burybank, Cotwalton, Knenhall, Meaford, Moddershall, Oulton, Oulton Grange and Oulton Heath |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 36.96 |
| Population Total: | 1652 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Website: | https://stoneruralparishcouncil.org.uk/ |
Stone Rural is a civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Aston-By-Stone, Burybank, Cotwalton, Knenhall, Meaford, Moddershall, Oulton, Oulton Grange and Oulton Heath. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1652.[1] The parish touches Barlaston, Chebsey, Fulford, Hilderstone, Marston, Sandon and Burston, Stone, Swynnerton, Whitgreave and Yarnfield and Cold Meece.[2] There are 39 listed buildings in Stone Rural.[3] The council office is in Moddershall.[4]
The parish was formed on 31 December 1894[5] when Stone parish was split into "Stone Rural" and "Stone Urban".[6] On 31 March 1897 Hilderstone was created from part of Stone Rural, on 1 April 1897 Fulford was created from part of Stone Rural. On 1 April 1922 518 acres was transferred to Stoke on Trent. On 1 April 1932 377 acres was transferred to Fulford, 423 acres was transferred to Sandon, 572 acres was transferred to Stone and 1621 acres was transferred to Swynnerton.[7]