Four Ashes, Staffordshire
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Four Ashes is a village in Staffordshire
, England
, located about four miles west of Cannock
.
Until 1959 the village was the location of Four Ashes railway station
on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
of the Grand Junction Railway
. 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.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, located about four miles west of Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
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Until 1959 the village was the location of Four Ashes railway station
Four Ashes railway station
Four Ashes railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It served the small village of Four Ashes, Staffordshire, 6 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the A449 road, on Station Drive....
on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
The Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line is a railway line in central England. It is a loop off the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.-Places served:The cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed...
of the Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway
The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was merged into the London and North Western Railway...
. 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.