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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coton in the Clay like this:
COTON, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; on the river Dove, and the North Stafford railway, 3¼ miles W of Tutbury. Pop., 72. A viaduct of the North Stafford railway, 114 feet high, and 693 feet long, is in the neighbourhood.
Coton in the Clay is now part of EAST STAFFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST STAFFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coton in the Clay itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coton in the Clay, in East Staffordshire and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25349
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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