In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coton like this:

COTON, a hamlet in Gnosall parish, Staffordshire; 3¼ miles W of Stafford. Wollaston, the author of the " Religion of Nature, " was a native.

Coton through time

Coton is now part of STAFFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how STAFFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coton, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25591

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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