Gailey, Staffordshire

Gailey
Lock keeper's tower
Gailey  Gailey shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ912107
Civil parish	Brewood and Coven; Penkridge
District	South Staffordshire
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STAFFORD
Postcode district	ST19
Dialling code	01902
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	South Staffordshire
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°41′38″N 2°07′44″W / 52.694°N 2.129°W

Gailey is a small village in Staffordshire, England. It is at the junction of the A5 and A449 roads, and is on the boundary of the parishes of Brewood and Coven (formerly Brewood) and Penkridge, in South Staffordshire.

The village was in existence at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) when it was referred to as Gragelie.^[1] In the 19th century, Gailey was also known as Spread Eagle, from the name of the pub adjacent to the road junction.^[2]

In 1837, the Grand Junction Railway built a railway station in the village. The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line still passes through the site, although the station at Gailey closed in 1951.

See also

• Gailey Reservoir

References

1. "Gailey History". Roman-Britain.org. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
2. "'Penkridge: Introduction and manors', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 5: East Cuttlestone hundred". 1959. pp. 103–126. Retrieved 2008-06-02.

External links

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