Coton Clanford

Coton Clanford is a small dispersed Staffordshire village lying in gently rolling countryside 3 miles (4.8 km) due west of Stafford, England, and 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Seighford.

The name derives from "(at the) cottages" (Coton) and, probably, "clean, unencumbered ford" (Clanford, added later).

[1] The Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1884, with the foundation stone laid on 30 October 1884.

[2] The village straddles Clanford Brook, which meanders southeastwards from Ranton towards Little Aston and Doxey and is bounded to the north by the southeastern edge of Seighford airfield and several large woods.

[3] Located here also is Clanford Hall, a three-storey, half-timbered Tudor mansion now used as a farmhouse.