Upper Longdon (original) (raw)
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Human settlement in England
| Upper Longdon | |
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 Windmill Cottage |
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  Upper LongdonLocation within Staffordshire |
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| OS grid reference | SK060145 |
| Civil parish | Longdon |
| District | Lichfield |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RUGELEY |
| Postcode district | WS15 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Lichfield |
| List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°43′45″N 1°54′40″W / 52.729167°N 1.911111°W / 52.729167; -1.911111 |
Upper Longdon is a village within the civil parish of Longdon and is in the District of Lichfield of the English county of Staffordshire.[1][2]
The village is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) west of the village of Longdon and sits on the edge of The Chase. The town of Rugeley is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) to the north of the village. Lichfield is located 6.1 miles to the south.
The village has one public house called the Chetwynd Arms located in the centre of the village on Upper Way.
There is one listed building within the village called the Gables.[3] The building is a pair of cottages thought to have been built around 1840. One of the outstanding features of the cottages are the ornamental fretted gable end barge boards.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 244: Cannock Chase & Chasewater: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46269 2
- ^ Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
- ^ Listed building status – The Gables retrieved 14 April 2013