Stone Rural

This article is about the parish. For the former rural district, see Stone Rural District.

Stone Rural is a civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Aston-By-Stone, Burybank, Cotwalton, Knenhall, Meaford, Moddershall, Oulton, Oulton Grange and Oulton Heath. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1652.^[1] The parish touches Barlaston, Chebsey, Fulford, Hilderstone, Marston, Sandon and Burston, Stone, Swynnerton, Whitgreave and Yarnfield and Cold Meece.^[2] There are 39 listed buildings in Stone Rural.^[3] The council office is in Moddershall.^[4]

Stone Rural
Civil parish
Moddershall
Coordinates: 52.928141°N 2.1111246°W / 52.928141; -2.1111246
Country	England
Primary council	Stafford
County	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Stone Rural	1894
Status	Parish
Main settlements	Aston-By-Stone, Burybank, Cotwalton, Knenhall, Meaford, Moddershall, Oulton, Oulton Grange and Oulton Heath
Area
• Total	36.96 km2 (14.27 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,652
• Density	44.70/km2 (115.8/sq mi)
Website	https://stoneruralparishcouncil.org.uk/

History

The parish was formed on 31 December 1894^[5] when Stone parish was split into "Stone Rural" and "Stone Urban".^[6] On 31 March 1897 Hilderstone was created from part of Stone Rural, on 1 April 1897 Fulford was created from part of Stone Rural. On 1 April 1922 518 acres was transferred to Stoke on Trent. On 1 April 1932 377 acres was transferred to Fulford, 423 acres was transferred to Sandon, 572 acres was transferred to Stone and 1621 acres was transferred to Swynnerton.^[7]