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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ingestre

  

Ingestre Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ingestre

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Ingestre etymology

The place-name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086. Ekwall proposed a meaning of “hill property”, from Old English *ing, a hill, and gestreon, wealth or property. More recent scholarship has suggested “the narrows of the Trent”

You can visit Ingestre places with Walkfo Ingestre to hear history at Ingestre’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ingestre has 34 places to visit in our interactive Ingestre map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Ingestre, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Ingestre places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ingestre & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 34 audio facts unique to Ingestre places in an interactive Ingestre map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Ingestre Places Map
34 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Ingestre historic spots	Ingestre tourist destinations	Ingestre plaques	Ingestre geographic features
Walkfo Ingestre tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ingestre

  

Best Ingestre places to visit

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Ingestre has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ingestre’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ingestre’s information audio spots:

Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford was an Augustinian religious house. Founded in 1174, surrendered to the Crown in 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Milford Hall Milford Hall is a privately owned 18th-century English country house at Milford, near Stafford. It is the family seat of the Levett Haszard family and is Grade II listed building.

Milford, Staffordshire Milford lies at the edge of Cannock Chase on the A513 road between Stafford and Rugeley. Just to the north of the village is the River Sow.

Tixall Gatehouse Tixall Gatehouse was used as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots for two weeks in 1586. The gatehouse is a Grade I listed building.

Staffordshire County Museum Staffordshire County Museum is housed in the Servants’ Quarters of Shugborough Hall, Milford, near Stafford, England. It features a restored Victorian kitchen, laundry and brewhouse as well as permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions.

Shugborough Tunnel The Shugborough Tunnel is a 777-yard (710 m) railway tunnel on the Trent Valley line. It is located between Stafford station and Colwich Junction in Colwich, Staffordshire. It was built in 1846 and is the largest engineering work on the line. Both portals are grade II listed.

Bingley Hall, Stafford Bingley Hall is an exhibition hall located in Stafford, England, on the site of the Staffordshire County Showground. During the 1970s and 1980s it was a very popular concert venue.

Shugborough inscription The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters – O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M – carved on the 18th-century Shepherd’s Monument. It has never been satisfactorily explained, and has been called one of the world’s top uncracked ciphertexts.

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