CRESWELL PARISH

Introduction

Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Seighford. The village, just to the west of the M6 motorway (junction 14), has a population of just a few hundred, although the parish boundary also incorporates the Primepoint business park on the other side of the motorway. The village also lies close to Doxey Marshes. The name Creswell is thought to come from Old English Cærsewella referring to the plant watercress (cærse in Old English and wella meaning spring or stream), meaning 'the spring where watercress grows.' A Neolithic polished stone axehead was found in a garden in Creswell in 1960, and about a quarter of a mile to the north-west are the ruins of an ancient chapel, or meeting house.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	447 hectares
Population	628 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	140 people/km²
Mean age	46.8
Ward	Seighford & Church Eaton
District	Stafford
Postcodes	ST16, ST18
ONS ID	E04008992