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Trentham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Staffordshire, on river Trent - par. (partly in parl. bor. of Stoke upon Trent, and containing town of Dresden), 7445 ac., pop. 8383; vil., 3 m. S. of Stoke upon Trent; P.O., T.O.; Trentham Hall is the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, who takes hence the title of viscount; at Trentham stood a Saxon nunnery, which was superseded by a priory of time of Henry I.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Trentham AP/CP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Trentham |
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