Upper Longdon

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Upper Longdon
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Windmill Cottage
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Upper Longdon
Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference SK060145
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RUGELEY
Postcode district WS15
Dialling code 01543
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Staffordshire
52°43′45″N1°54′40″W / 52.729167°N 1.911111°W / 52.729167; -1.911111

Upper Longdon is a village within the civil parish of Longdon and is in the District of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. [1] [2]

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Location

The village is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the village of Longdon and sits on the edge of The Chase. The town of Rugeley is 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north of the village. Lichfield is located 6 miles south.

Facilities

The village has one public house called the Chetwynd Arms located in the centre of the village on Upper Way.

Notable Features

There is one listed building within the village called the Gables. [3] The building is a pair of cottages thought to have been built around 1840. One of the outstanding features of the cottages are the ornamental fretted gable end barge boards.

See also

References

  1. OS Explorer Map 244: Cannock Chase & Chasewater: (1:25 000) : ISBN   0 319 46269 2
  2. Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
  3. Listed building status – The Gables retrieved 14 April 2013