Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ranton Abbey

Ranton Abbey, par., Staffordshire, adjacent to Ranton, 748 ac., pop. 12; has ruins of a priory of time of Henry II.; near the ruins is a seat (Ranton Abbey) of the Earl of Lichfield.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ranton Abbey CP/ExP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Ranton Abbey

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