Four Ashes, Staffordshire

Four Ashes
Four Ashes shown within Staffordshire
Four Ashes
 Four Ashes shown within Staffordshire
OS grid referenceSJ9108
Civil parishBrewood and Coven
DistrictSouth Staffordshire
Shire countyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Stourbridge
Postcode district DY7
Dialling code 01902
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentCannock Chase
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Coordinates: 52°40′22″N 2°07′35″W / 52.672861°N 2.126417°W / 52.672861; -2.126417

Four Ashes is a village in Staffordshire, England, located about four miles west of Cannock. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Enville.

Until 1959 the village was the location of Four Ashes railway station on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line of the Grand Junction Railway.[1] The station is now closed however the railway line still runs past the village.

Four Ashes Hall is a 17th-century house in the village. It is open for conferences and weddings and has been in the same family for 350 years. It is still privately owned.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Four Ashes Railway Station, near Brewood". Staffordshire Past-Track. Staffordshire County Council. 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Four Ashes Hall". Retrieved 2010-09-15.


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