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SHUGHBOROUGH, a township in Colwich parish, Staffordshire; 5½ miles ESE of Stafford. Pop., 53. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to the Astons; and passed to the Tixals. S. House is the seat of the Earl of Lichfield; was visited, in 1832, by the Princess Victoria; and stands in grounds, containing a Chinese tower, a memorial pillar to Anson, and remains of an ancient palace of the Bishops of Lichfield.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Colwich Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shugborough |
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