Uttoxeter Rural

Found post_code district, Found post_code area,

Uttoxeter Rural is a civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, comprising the villages of Stramshall and Bramshall. It is separate from the town of Uttoxeter, and surrounds it to the north, west and south. The population was 1,567 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,635 at the 2011 Census.

Until 1974, there was a Uttoxeter Rural District that covered a larger area.

Representatives

In East Staffordshire Borough Council Uttoxeter Rural is covered by the Abbey ward and is reprisented by Christopher Smith of the Conservative Party.

In Staffordshire County Council Uttoxeter Rural is part of the larger ward of the same name and is represented by Philip Atkins of the Conservative Party who is also the leader of Staffordshire County Council.

Uttoxeter Rural is considered a safe Conservative seat.

References

Uttoxeter

Coordinates: 52°53′53″N 1°51′36″W / 52.898°N 1.860°W / 52.898; -1.860

Uttoxeter (ⁱ/juːˈtɒksᵻtər/ or sometimes locally uh-CHET-ər ) is a market town in Staffordshire, England. In 2001, the population was 12,023, increasing to 13,089 at the 2011 Census.

Uttoxeter lies close to the River Dove in East Staffordshire, near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and Lichfield.

History

Uttoxeter's name has had at least 79 spellings since it was mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Wotocheshede": it probably came from Anglo-Saxon Wuttuceshǣddre = "Wuttuc's homestead on the heath". Some historians point to pre-Roman settlement here and Bronze Age axes have been discovered in the town (now in display in the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent). It is possible that Uttoxeter had some form of Roman activity due to its strategic position on the River Dove and closeness to the large garrison forts at Rocester between 69 and 400 AD, and recently discovered fort at Stramshall, though little corroborating archaeology has been found.