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Tatenhill is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is in a deep valley, between two hills that gradually descend from the eastern border of the Needwood Forest , and is 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Burton upon Trent .
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Tatenhill is a civil parish in the district of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains 29 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England . Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
A local legend states that Oliver Cromwell was present in the area during the battle and tied his horse to a nail at Tatenhill's St Michael's and All Angels Church, just 3 miles (4.8 km) from the bridge. [18] The medieval Burton bridge was the site of an earlier battle in 1322, in which Edward II defeated the rebellious Earl of Lancaster. [3]
The bridge was an important crossing point and was the site of battles in 1322 and 1643. It was demolished and replaced in 1863. While Burton's great bridge over the Trent was in poor repair by the early 16th century, it served as "a comen passage to and fro many countries to the grett releff and comfort of travellyng people", according to the ...
Ferry Bridge (also called the Stapenhill Ferry Bridge and the Stapenhill Suspension Bridge) is a Victorian pedestrian bridge over the River Trent in Staffordshire, England. The bridge and its extension, the Stapenhill Viaduct, link Burton upon Trent town centre to the suburb of Stapenhill half a mile away on the other side of the river.
Royal Air Force Tatenhill or more simply RAF Tatenhill is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Burton on Trent. It was originally known as RAF Crossplains .
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (150 km) canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of Middlewich, it is a wide canal.