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