Goldstone, Shropshire
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 Goldstone, viewed across the surrounding farmland |
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| Goldstone shown within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ706284 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARKET DRAYTON |
| Postcode district | TF9 |
| Dialling code | 01630 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Goldstone is a small hamlet in eastern Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Cheswardine. It lies in an isolated rural area north of and Ellerton, around 5 miles south of the nearest town, Market Drayton.
Its name, which in the mediaeval period was variously spelt Goldestan, Golston, and Goldston, is formed on the Old English -tun ("farm, settlement") while Gold- was a common element in Old English personal names. The first time it is mentioned is in The Mount Gilbert (i.e. Wrekin) Forest Roll of 1180, when Goldestan is listed among those places where assarts (a piece of land cleared of timber and fit for tilling), or imbladements (the sowing of lands within the bounds of a Royal forest) were assessed, and an Alan de Goldestan is named. A Walter de Goldestan is then mentioned in the Pipe Roll records for Shropshire in the 31st year of the reign of King Henry II (i.e. 25th Oct 1185 - 5 June 1186).
In 1278 Goldstone was recorded as forming, with Ellerton and Sambrook, one of the four townships of Cheswardine parish and it remains part of the parish to this day. In the 13th century Goldstone was recorded as an outlying member of the manor of Little Ercall (Child's Ercall), the change possibly dating from a period in which tenure of the two manors was nearly identical.
However, it is clear that at some point in time a subordinate lord was enfeoffed at Goldstone and that it became a sub-manor of Child's Ercall. In 1280, specific reference was made to a separate Lord of Golston in an extent of the manor of Cheswardine, then held by Roger le Strange, who was at that time also lord of Child's Ercall. Other members of Childs Ercall – Naggington and Dodicote – had also become separate manors. The lordship of Goldstone continued to be held separately from that of Child's Ercall by the Goldstone family of Goldstone, who are first mentioned in the 12th century as 'de Goldestan'. The Goldstones appear to have added another property to Goldstone itself, since they are found living at their manor of Dunval in the 16th century, with a number of the family thereby appearing in the registers of Astley Abbotts, and members of the family are mentioned as resident in Astley Abbotts parish from the 15th century. Some information on Richard's father Humphrey Goldston is found in the History of Parliament Trust publication:- The House of Commons 1509–1558. It confirms that Humphrey was one of the members of Parliament for Bridgnorth, and that in 1541 he was receiving income of lands at Astley Abbotts, north of Bridgnorth, formerly belonging to Shrewsbury abbey. There is a date of 1598 on one of the timbers of Dunval Hall, which provides possible evidence that the property was built by the Goldstones, since they are recorded living there after that time. The Acton family who later owned it may have made alterations; they may also have been related to the Goldstones.
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