Doxey

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Doxey
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Doxey
Location within Staffordshire
Population2,364 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SJ9004923850
Civil parish
  • Doxey
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STAFFORD
Postcode district ST16
Dialling code 01785
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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UK
England
Staffordshire
52°48′44″N2°08′40″W / 52.8122°N 2.1444°W / 52.8122; -2.1444

Doxey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England; it is a north-western suburb of Stafford. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2005.

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Toponymy

There is some uncertainty about the origin of the name Doxey, but it seems that it was originally Dokesei; this may be "Ducks Island" - a reference to the fact that the centre of Doxey would have been surrounded by marsh. In the Domesday Book, it is spelt Dochesig.

Transport

Buses

Select Bus Services operates routes 12 and 12S between Doxey and Stafford town centre. [2]

Railway

Stafford railway station is a principal stop on the West Coast Main Line. Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry provide frequent inter-city services to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Reading and Bournemouth.

Road

The road through Doxey links Stafford town centre with Seighford and Derrington.

Doxey is the site of a motorway maintenance area for the M6 and is used as an access point for the emergency services.

Schools

Churches

Geography

The new parish is bound by the West Coast Main Line, the River Sow and Doxey Marshes to the north, and the M6 motorway to the west. To the south, an area of low-lying agricultural land leading to Stafford Castle and the Way for the Millennium footpath.

Leisure

Doxey has easy access to a number of walking and cycling routes:

There is a 300-acre (1.2 km2) wet grassland site, located in the heart of Stafford, known as Doxey Marshes. It connects to additional walking and cycle paths and is managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.

Listed buildings

Doxey contains two listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Both the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [3] Both listed buildings are houses, one with its original part timber framed, and the other in Georgian style.

Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
146 Doxey Road
52°48′39″N2°08′51″W / 52.81090°N 2.14744°W / 52.81090; -2.14744 (146 Doxey Road)
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Late 17th or early 18th centuryThe house was extended in the 19th century by the addition of wings. The original part is timber framed, the wings are in painted brick, and the roof is tiled. There is one storey and an attic, a main range of two bays, a single-storey right wing, and a rear gabled wing. On the front is a small porch with a hipped roof, and the windows are square with two lights and leaded glazing. [4]
Doxey House
52°48′39″N2°08′53″W / 52.81084°N 2.14802°W / 52.81084; -2.14802 (Doxey House)
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c. 1840The house incorporates part of an earlier farmhouse at the rear. It is in brick with stone dressings and a tile roof. The house is in Georgian style, and has two storeys, and a symmetrical front of three bays. On the front is a porch with a cornice and scrolled cresting, and the doorway has a moulded surround and flanking round-headed lights. There is one top-hung casement window, and the other windows are sashes, those on the front with wedge lintels. [5]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish 2011" . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Doxey bus services". Bustimes.org. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Historic England
  4. ↑ Historic England & 1298146
  5. ↑ Historic England & 1258753

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