Moreton, Staffordshire

Moreton is a small rural village in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Shropshire.

The church of St. Mary is a stone building, in the Italian style, and was erected in 1837; it consists of a chancel, transepts and nave, with tower and one bell, and seats 340 people.

One other local site which is now a privately owned home is the school, which at one point had over one hundred students from Moreton and its surrounding hamlets.

Considering the size of the village (roughly 50-60 houses), the lack of more facilities is unsurprising, although historically it had a school, shop, and two pubs as well as the remaining church and community centre located within the village.

However, by 1880 it had developed sufficiently to be referred to separately, with its own 'satellite' hamlets: Bromstead Heath, Great Chatwell, Coley, Outwoods and Wilbrighton.