Acton Trussell, Bednall & Teddesley Hay
General Information
|
Population |
| Total Population |
1,171 (Estimate 2004) |
| No. Over 60 |
276 (23.2%) |
| No. Under 18 |
245 (20.6%) |
| No. BME |
6 (0.5%) |
| Indices of Deprivation |
TBC |
| Area KM2 |
5,219 |
| Population Density KM2 |
0.22 |
| Financial
Information |
| Annual Budget |
£21,600 |
| Annual Precept |
£17,000.00 (2010/2011) |
| Grants Received |
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| Spending per Resident |
|
| Average Council Tax Band |
£25.42 |
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Locality |
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Acton Trussell, Bednall &
Teddesley Hay As It Is Now
The Parish comprises two villages Acton, Bednall and the hamlet
of Teddesley Hay(civil parish) served by St James (Acton) and All
Saints (Bednall).
Population of about 1000 persons, its situated to the east of
the M6 and the A449 and west of the A34.
With exceptions could be termed commuter settlements because of
nearness to the commuter network of black country, potteries, and
via M6 London.
Evidence of rural community very evident with farms, fields and
woodlands, with the staffs and worcster canal, and the meandering
river sow and great haywood with the river Trent.
The primary school about 70 children, from near and far at end
the school at Bednall. The older children attend schools in
stafford, Penkridge or wherever their parents think fit.
Acton is home to one hotel, two restaurants, two public houses
and a motorway hotel. Also situated in Acton is Argos Call
Centre.
Acton Trussell
Acton Trussell is 2½ miles northeast from Penkridge and 3½
miles southeast from Stafford. It is mentioned in Doomsday:
‘the Bishop of Chester holds Actone
(Acton). Robert holds it from him. [... hides] Land for 4 ploughs.
In lordship 1; 10 villagers and 8 smallholders with 4 ploughs. A
mill at 2s; meadow, 8 acres; woodland 3 furlongs long and 2
furlongs wide. Value before 1066, 5s; now 20s.’
The name Acton is derived from the Saxon words ac-tun meaning
‘oak-tree farmstead.’ In order to eliminate confusion Norman
administrators introduced the practice of manorial suffixes,
whereby the name of the predominant family was affixed to the
common place-name. So by 1481 the settlement was named Acton
Trussel after the Trussel family, who are named in manorial records
from 1342. In May 1985 the semi hexagonal wing of a Roman villa was
discovered south of Acton Trussell. Ongoing excavations have shown
this to be 4th century with 1st century
origins.
Bednall
Bednall is 3½ miles northeast from Penkridge and 4½ miles
southeast from Stafford. It is mentioned in Doomsday:
‘the Bishop of Chester holds
Broctone (Brocton) and Bedehala (Bednall). They belong to
BERCHESVVIC (Baswich) and are waste.’
The village was wholly devoted to agriculture; the stiff clay
soil being particularly suited for the growing of barley, clover,
oats, seeds, turnips and wheat. The Staffordshire Way, a long
distance footpath running for 93 miles from Mow Cop on the
Staffordshire/Cheshire border to Kinver Edge on the Staffordshire
and Worcestershire border, passes through Bednall. The
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, the only canal wholly
completed by James Brindley, runs to the east of the village, and
the towpath and the network of local footpaths give a variety of
local walks. The Teddesley Boat Company provides a canal boat hire
facilities nearby.
Teddesley Hay
Teddesley Hay is a parish, about 2¾ miles northeast from
Penkridge, and 5 miles from Stafford. It was a division of the
royal forest of Cannock from before 1100, and remained unenclosed
until 1820. The area was transformed during the lifetime of Edward
John, 1st Baron Hatherton, who brought the area into a
high state of cultivation and had substantial farm buildings and
cottages erected before his death in 1863. A medieval house stood
on a moated site, which lay 200 yards northwest of Teddesley Hall,
a large mansion house built by Sir Edward Littleton, c.1750, with
the proceeds from two hoards of coins found behind panelling at
Pillaton Hall in 1742 and 1749. Teddesley Hall was unoccupied
following the death of the 3rd Lord Hatherton in 1930.
Used by troops and for prisoners of war during World War II, it
subsequently stood empty and was demolished in 1954.
Information taken from South Staffordshire Reviewed
with the permission of Paul Collins and Craig
Walker.
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