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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 Ancient County |
| Place: | Needwood |
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