Stramshall is a village

Village

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 within the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Uttoxeter Rural

Uttoxeter Rural

Uttoxeter Rural is a civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, comprising the villages of Stramshall and Bramshall. It is separate from the town of Uttoxeter, and surrounds it to the north, west and south. The population was 1,567 at the 2001 census.Until 1974,...

 in the county of Staffordshire

Staffordshire

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, England

England

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.. The village is 2.1 miles north of the town of Uttoxeter

Uttoxeter

Uttoxeter is a historic market town in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The current population is approximately 13,711, though new developments in the town will increase this figure. Uttoxeter lies close to the River Dove and is near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and...

, 16.3 miles north east of Stafford

Stafford

Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...

 and 143 miles north west of London

London

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. The village lies 0.8 miles north of the A50

A50 road

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  that links Warrington

Warrington

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 to Leicester

Leicester

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 . The nearest railway station is at Uttoxeter

Uttoxeter railway station

Uttoxeter railway station serves the town of Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It is served by trains on the Crewe-Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line...

 for the Crewe to Derby line. The nearest airport is East Midlands Airport.

History

Stramshall has an entry in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1085. In the great book Stramshall is recorded by the name Stagrigesholle. The manor was owned by the King

William I of England

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. The main tenant was Alric who had owned the manor before the Norman

Normans

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 Conquest

Norman conquest of England

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Parish Council

Stramshall falls within the civil parish known as Uttoxeter Rural. The council meets once a month and they hold their meetings in the village halls of both Stramshall and the near-by village of Bramshall which they use alternately each month. The village hall in Stramshall was built in 1979 and is located in Vicarage Drive.

Parish Church of Saint Michael and All Saints

The parish church was built between 1850 and 1852 and was made a separate ecclesiastic parish in 1853.

Stramshall Football Club

Stramshall Football Club is an amateur club based in the Staffordshire area. It was founded in 2005 to raise funds to refurbish the local playing field. Their kit consists of a yellow shirt with black sleeves, black Shorts and white socks. The team hold a Lads v Dads charity football game annually to help with this cause.