Gnosall

Also known as Gnosall, Staffordshire

Gnosall () is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England, with a population of 5,040 across 2,300 households (2021 census). It lies on the A518, approximately halfway between the towns of Newport (in Shropshire) and the county town of Staffordshire, Stafford. Gnosall Heath lies immediately south-west of the main village, joined by Station Road and separated by Doley Brook. Other nearby villages include Woodseaves, Knightley, Cowley, Ranton, Church Eaton, Bromstead Heath, Moreton, and Haughton.

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Locality: Stafford
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 3,869
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.country: England
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.region: West Midlands
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UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.area_total_km2: 37.77
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.population: 5040
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.os_grid_reference: SJ830208
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.map_alt: Gnosall shown on a map of Staffordshire
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.post_town: STAFFORD
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.postcode_area: ST
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.postcode_district: ST20
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.dial_code: 01785
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.constituency_westminster: Stafford
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.shire_district: Stafford
UK place <! See Template:Infobox UK place for more fields >.shire_county: Staffordshire

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Population: 4736
Area: 37.77
Image: Gnosall Panorama from St Lawrence's tower - July 2013.jpg
Dialing code: 01785

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Commons category: Gnosall
postal code: ST20
OS grid reference: SJ830208
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== History == The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, in which it was named Geneshale. It is listed there as having a population of 12 households. According to research presented online by the University of Nottingham, the name Gnosall derives from a combination of the Old Welsh Genou meaning 'mouth' and the Mercian word halh meaning 'a nook of land' or 'a small valley' or 'dry ground in marsh.' The Gnosall Parish Council also believes that Gnosall derives from both Genou and halh, however believes that halh actually stands for 'low-lying land by a river' and states that Gnosall translates to a ‘narrow valley that suddenly opens out into a wider one’. That same site also states that there are at least 27 different spellings of the name, the oldest surviving record being for Geneshale in the Domesday Book of 1086, and that it is only by chance that Gnosall is the current spelling.