- Great Chatwell
Great Chatwell is a small village in the county of
Staffordshire ,England . It is located 1 mile north-west ofBlymhill .The name presumably derives either from nearby St. Chad's well at
Chadwell or from theOld English for "'Ceatta's" well or stream'. [Ekwall, E., 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names', Oxford, 1960.]The village contains a number of notable buildings. A white cottage was formerly a telephone exchange, reputedly the last manual exchange in England. Opposite the Red Lion
public house is the former CockInn , the back wall of which is ancient and thought locally to have once formed part of a monastery. Beside this is the grand 19th century arched entrance to Chatwell Court. A short distance to the north-east of the village can be found the well-preserved remains of a brick kiln. At the south of the village are the sheds of a substantial factory farm.Notes
References
Raven, Michael, 'A Guide to Shropshire', Michael Raven, 2005, 0906114349.
Raven, Michael, 'A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country', Michael Raven, 2004, 0906114330.
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