Haunton
Sign in to saveHaunton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the River Mease, about north of Tamworth, 1½ miles east of Harlaston and 1 mile west of Clifton Campville where population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found.
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Haunton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the River Mease, about north of Tamworth, 1½ miles east of Harlaston and 1 mile west of Clifton Campville where population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found.
==History== The name of the village is believed to be Old English, with the meaning Hagenas (or Hagonas) farm. The chapel of St James the Greater at Haunton is mentioned in Domesday, and Haunton was a chapelry of the parish of St Andrew, Clifton Campville, until the reformation. The chapel then fell into disrepair.
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