A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Needwood Forest, former forest, in E. of Staffordshire, which extended along the river Trent at boundary with Derbyshire, and thence westward from vicinity of Burton upon Trent; was 20 miles in circuit, covered about 10,000 ac., and was a royal forest down to the time of Charles I. Needwood House, seat, is 4½ miles NW. of Burton upon Trent.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "former forest" (ADL Feature Type: "forests") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Needwood |
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