Eccleshall
Sign in to saveEccleshall () is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Eccleshall
- UK place.static_image_name
- Eccleshall High Street - geograph.org.uk - 6145510.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street
- UK place.population
- 6,500
- UK place.population_ref
- (2022)
- UK place.shire_district
- Stafford
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stafford
- UK place.post_town
- STAFFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- ST21
- UK place.postcode_area
- ST
- UK place.dial_code
- 01785
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ832291
- UK place.type
- Town and Civil Parish
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Eccleshall () is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France.
==History== The name Eccleshall derives from a combination of the Primitive Welsh word eglẹ̄s meaning 'church' and the Old English halh meaning 'nook of land'.