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ECCLESHALL

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 847 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ECCLESHALL  , a

market
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town in the north-western
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parliamentary division of
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Staffordshire, England; 7 M . N.W. from Stafford, and 4 W. of Norton
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Bridge station on the
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London & North-Western main
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line . Pop . (1901) 3799 . The church of the
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Holy Trinity, one of the most noteworthy in Staffordshire, is principally Early
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English, and has
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fine stained glass . Several bishops of
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Lichfield are buried here, as Eccleshall Castle was the episcopal residence from the 13th century until 1867 . Of this the ancient remains include a picturesque tower and bridge . To the west on the
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borders of Shropshire is Blore Heath, the scene of a defeat of the Lancastrians by the Yorkists in 1459 .

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