Adbaston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.
Overview
Adbaston is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire.
Location
The village is north east of the town of Stafford, and south east of Stoke on Trent. The nearest railway station is at Stone. The nearest main roads are the A41 which passes the village to the south west. The village is situated approximately halfway between towns of Eccleshall and Newport, Shropshire, and near the villages and hamlets of Cheswardine, Shropshire, and Woodseaves, High Offley and Knighton, Staffordshire.
History
Etymology
The name Adbaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Eadbald and means 'Eadbald‘s town'; it was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Edboldestone and in the 12th and 13th century as Adbaldestone, Alboldestun, and Albaldiston.
