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Priory in Staffordshire, England
Ranton Abbey or Ranton Priory was an Augustinian Priory in Ranton, Staffordshire, England, built c.1150 by Robert fitz Noel of Ellenhall. The priory flourished
Ranton_Abbey
Stately home in Staffordshire, England
Abbey House is an early 19th-century ruined stately home in Ranton, Staffordshire, England. The red-brick Regency house was built in 1820 by Thomas Anson
Abbey_House,_Ranton
1839 painting by Francis Grant
Party at Ranton Abbey is an 1839 oil painting by the British artist Francis Grant. A conversation piece it depicts a scene at Ranton Abbey in Staffordshire
A Shooting Party at Ranton Abbey
A_Shooting_Party_at_Ranton_Abbey
Village in Staffordshire, England
been converted into dwellings, which lies about 1 mile southeast of Ranton Abbey. Aird, Alisdair; Stapley, Fiona (2012). The Good Pub Guide 2012. Random
Ranton_Green
Hamlet in Staffordshire, England
Church, Ranton All Saints, Ranton Ranton Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ranton, Staffordshire. Picture of Ranton Abbey Tower and Abbey House viewed
Ranton,_Staffordshire
Ruined monastery in Shropshire, England
chantry at the abbey, although it was not until about 1426 that practical and legal difficulties were overcome to establish the chantry. Ranton Priory in Staffordshire
Haughmond_Abbey
Topics referred to by the same term
country house Abbey House, Malton, North Yorkshire, a 17th-century house Abbey House, Ranton, Staffordshire, a ruined 1820 house Abbey House, Whitby,
Abbey_House
Civil parish in Staffordshire, England
and Ranton and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings consist of a church, a cross in the churchyard, the surviving tower of an abbey church
Listed_buildings_in_Ellenhall
British painter (1803–1878)
Melton Hunt Going to Draw the Ram's Head Cover, 1839 A Shooting Party at Ranton Abbey, 1839 Earl of Cardigan, c.1841 Full Cry, 1841 Henry Pottinger, 1845 Queen
Francis_Grant_(artist)
Hundred in Staffordshire, England
Milwich 551 (Newcastle-under-Lyme) - Included under North Division Ranton 273 Ranton Abbey 17 Extra-parochial area Sandon 558 Seighford 898 Stafford 8,512
Pirehill_Hundred
British landowner and politician
1694 Cope was born on 9 July 1664, the third son of Jonathan Cope of Ranton Abbey and his wife Anne Farmer, daughter of Sir Halton Farmer of Easton Neston
Jonathan Cope (MP for Stafford)
Jonathan_Cope_(MP_for_Stafford)
1841 art exhibition in London
Watts Portrait of Countess Jermyn by Francis Grant A Shooting Party at Ranton Abbey by Francis Grant Salon of 1841, a contemporary French exhibition held
Royal Academy Exhibition of 1841
Royal_Academy_Exhibition_of_1841
Priory and two country houses in England
Calwich Abbey, previously Calwich Priory, was in turn the name of a medieval Augustinian priory and two successive country houses built on the same site
Calwich_Abbey
on 1 March 1714 for Jonathan Cope II of Bruern Abbey. He was the son of Jonathan Cope I of Ranton Abbey, a younger son of the 2nd Baronet of the first
Cope baronets of Bruern (1714)
Cope_baronets_of_Bruern_(1714)
Tower at Ranton Abbey
Grade II* listed buildings in Stafford (borough)
Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stafford_(borough)
Hulton Abbey Keele Preceptory Lapley Priory Lichfield Greyfriars Little Haywood Abbey Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars Oulton Abbey Radmore Abbey Ranton Priory
List of monastic houses in Staffordshire
List_of_monastic_houses_in_Staffordshire
Ceremonial officer of the English county
Verney 1684: Walter Chetwynd of Ingestre Hall 1685: Jonathan Cope of Ranton Abbey 1686: Sir Walter Wrottesley, Bt of Wrottesley Hall 1687: Philip Draycot
High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire
English architect (1705–1771)
Demolished. Mawley Hall, Shropshire. Possible work to stables 1748. Ranton Abbey Staffordshire. Surveyed 1748–1742. Gutted c1940. Powis Castle Montgomeryshire
William_Baker_of_Audlem
English monastery
Dieulacres Abbey was a Cistercian monastery established by Ranulf, Earl of Chester at Poulton in Cheshire. It moved to the present site at Abbey Green near
Dieulacres_Abbey
English politician
John Cope, 3rd Baronet of Hanwell Jonathan Cope (1637-1670), owner of Ranton Abbey, father of Jonathan Cope MP for Stafford The family lived at Hanwell
Sir_William_Cope,_2nd_Baronet
county seats had been controlled by the Harcourt family of Ellenhall and Ranton Abbey, part of a group of Catholic sympathisers that included for a time the
Edward_Littleton_(died_1610)
landed gentry. This faction, centred on the Harcourts of Ellenhall and Ranton Abbey and their kinsmen, the Astons and the Greys of Enville, Staffordshire
Thomas_Whorwood
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county
List of monastic houses in England
List_of_monastic_houses_in_England
English landowner and politician (c. 1564 – 1618)
1589 parliament was Walter Harcourt. His family, based at Ellenhall and Ranton Abbey were part of a religiously conservative faction that had dominated Staffordshire
Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
Thomas_Gerard,_1st_Baron_Gerard
British landowner and politician
Commons from 1713 to 1722. Cope was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, MP of Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, and his wife Susan Fowler, daughter of Sir Thomas Fowler
Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet
Sir_Jonathan_Cope,_1st_Baronet
English businessman and politician
contested Liverpool in the Liberal interest in June 1841. He retired to Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, in 1843, and at the general election of 1847 was elected
Joshua_Walmsley
Christ Blessing Little Children Francis Grant – A Shooting Party at Ranton Abbey Francesco Hayez – Reclining Odalisque George Hayter – The Coronation
1839_in_art
Porthill, Prospect Village, Pye Green, Pipe Gate Quarnford, Ramshorn, Ranton, Rawnsley, Rocester, Rodbaston, Rolleston on Dove, Rookery, Rudyard, Rugeley
List of places in Staffordshire
List_of_places_in_Staffordshire
St Mary's Abbey, Oulton is a former Benedictine convent located in the village of Oulton near Stone in Staffordshire, England. The Abbey church is Grade
Oulton_Abbey
Monastery in Staffordshire, England
St Mary's Abbey in Colwich, Staffordshire was an abbey of Roman Catholic nuns of the English Benedictine Congregation, founded in 1623 at Cambrai, Flanders
St_Mary's_Abbey,_Colwich
British Whig politician (1795-1854)
Shugborough Hall seat. He also purchased the estate at nearby Ranton, Staffordshire, where he built Abbey House and developed the estate into a great sporting
Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield
Thomas_Anson,_1st_Earl_of_Lichfield
Area of Stoke-on-Trent, England
Abbey Hulton is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, named after the abbey that existed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The name Abbey
Abbey_Hulton
Cistercian abbey in Croxden, Staffordshire, England
Croxden Abbey, also known as "Abbey of the Vale of St. Mary at Croxden", was a Cistercian abbey at Croxden, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. A daughter
Croxden_Abbey
Whirlow Hall Whitley Hall Whiteley Wood Hall (demolished) Wortley Hall Abbey House, Ranton (ruined) Alton Castle Alton Towers Ancient High House Apedale Hall
List of country houses in the United Kingdom
List_of_country_houses_in_the_United_Kingdom
Radmore Abbey was a cistercian abbey near Cannock Wood, Staffordshire, England, which is located north of Burntwood and south of Rugeley. Originally a
Radmore_Abbey
Medieval monastic house in Rocester, Staffordshire, England
Rocester Abbey was a medieval monastic house at Rocester, Staffordshire, England of which there is now no trace above ground level. The Augustinian abbey of
Rocester_Abbey
Title in the Peerage of Great Britain
addition, they held estates in Staffordshire at Ellenhall Hall and Abbey House, Ranton Priory. Simon Harcourt, 1st Baron Harcourt (1661–1727) (created Viscount
Earl_Harcourt
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
western France. It is located on the banks of the Gartempe. The Romanesque Abbey Church, begun in the mid 11th century, contains many beautiful 11th- and
Saint-Savin,_Vienne
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
return of the Republic, a lime tree was planted as a "tree of liberty". The Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Réau, located on the left bank of the Clain in a secluded
Saint-Martin-l'Ars
Benedictine nunnery near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
(1129 – 48). It is clear that the house was originally described as an abbey and it was originally made up of male hermits. A charter of the bishop specifies
Farewell_Priory
Former priory in Staffordshire, England
priory jointly with Geoffrey Stafford, an Augustinian canon regular of Ranton Priory. Only months later, in October, this was altered again, with Peter
Lapley_Priory
for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020. Historic England. "Moated site at Ranton Hall Farm (scheduled monument) (1008290)". National Heritage List for England
Scheduled monuments in Staffordshire
Scheduled_monuments_in_Staffordshire
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Baswich_Priory
Priory in Stone, Staffordshire, England
Street, reusing much of the stone. Parts of an ancient wall survive in Abbey Street, and part of a sub-vault of the western range of the priory buildings
Stone_Priory
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Franciscan_Friary,_Lichfield
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Stafford_Friary
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
miles) south of Poitiers. It is known for its historic monastery, Ligugé Abbey. Ligugé is twinned with: Sonning, United Kingdom ‹ The template Historical
Ligugé
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Newcastle-under-Lyme_Friary
Monastery in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England, founded in 1080 by Henry de Ferrers as a dependency of the abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives in Normandy and completed in 1089, in memory of
Tutbury_Priory
Former priory in Shropshire, England
the property before the priory was dissolved. Lord Stafford really wanted Ranton Priory, close to his own residence at Stafford, but, as he explained in
White_Ladies_Priory
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Keele_Preceptory
Prefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Radegund (c. 520 to 587), Thuringian princess and queen of France, founded an abbey in Poitiers and performed miracles there Charles Martel, French general
Poitiers
Village in Staffordshire, England
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Blithbury
and from Bridgford aforesaid to the Stone which divides the Liberty of Ranton and Ellenhall in the Road between Bridgford and Newport. (Repealed by Stafford
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1824
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1824
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France. The remains of the Benedictine Charroux Abbey, founded in the 8th century, are preserved in the town. Said to be the site
Charroux,_Vienne
describe itself as "the restoration of an abbey of canons". The word abbathia, however, often translated as abbey, may have been used to describe a house
Trentham_Priory
University in Stoke-on-Trent, England
Eccleshall, Gnosall, Haughton, Knightley, Levedale, Milwich, Norbury, Ranton, Shugborough and Weston. A separate block of larger flats, named after the
University_of_Staffordshire
Monastery in Staffordshire, England
Monasteries in Staffordshire Augustinian Baswich Priory Calwich Priory Ranton Priory Rocester Abbey Stone Priory Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford Trentham Priory
Canwell_Priory
fitz-Brian, a local landowner and burgess, and settled by canons from Darley Abbey, Derbyshire. The foundation can be dated thanks to fitz-Brian's foundation
Priory of St. Thomas near Stafford
Priory_of_St._Thomas_near_Stafford
Augustinian monastery in Shropshire, England
England and on this basis demanded Haughmond Abbey surrender its daughter houses of Wombridge and Ranton Priory in Staffordshire. Bricett accepted 40s
Wombridge_Priory
Ellenhall, Fradswell, Gayton, Haughton, Hopton & Coton, Ingestre, Marston, Ranton, Salt & Enson, Seighford, St Mary & St Chad Stafford, Stowe + detached portion
List of poor law unions in England
List_of_poor_law_unions_in_England
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Saint-Savin, a few kilometres from Poitiers. Chandos decided to retake the abbey of Saint-Savin, with a surprise attack under cover of night. The planned
Lussac-les-Châteaux
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
December 2025. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fontaine-le-Comte. Fontaine-le-Comte Abbey v t e
Fontaine-le-Comte
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Port-de-Piles Pouançay Pouant Pouillé Pressac Prinçay La Puye Queaux Quinçay Ranton Raslay La Roche-Posay La Roche-Rigault Roches-Prémarie-Andillé Roiffé Romagne
Saint-Benoît,_Vienne
Priory in Staffordshire, England
would be his. He sarcastically noted that the new custodian of Lilleshall Abbey, to which he had travelled immediately from Black Ladies, was concerned
Black_Ladies_Priory
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Port-de-Piles Pouançay Pouant Pouillé Pressac Prinçay La Puye Queaux Quinçay Ranton Raslay La Roche-Posay La Roche-Rigault Roches-Prémarie-Andillé Roiffé Romagne
Nouaillé-Maupertuis
Bednall All Saints CE Primary School, Rangemore All Saints CE Primary School, Ranton All Saints CE Primary School, Trysull Alsagers Bank Primary Academy, Alsagers
List of schools in Staffordshire
List_of_schools_in_Staffordshire
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
under the Latin form villa exania magnolarum in a chart of the Nouaillé abbey, and the name "Beauvoir" is attested later, in 1187, referring to a commandery
Mignaloux-Beauvoir
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
Male
Russian
(Ðнтон) Russian form of Greek Antonios, possibly ANTON means "invaluable." Compare with other forms of Anton.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Cambridgeshire)
English (mainly Cambridgeshire) : habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire called Panton, from Old English pamp ‘hill’, ‘ridge’ or panne ‘pan’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
English
From Brinton.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Brandon, BRANNON means "broom-covered hill."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name of uncertain origin. There is a place so called in Strathclyde region and a Banton House in Lancashire; the present-day concentration of the surname in the Derbyshire area suggests the latter may be the more likely source. In some instances the name may have arisen from a place called Bampton, in particular, one in Cumbria, named with Old English bēam ‘trunk’, ‘beam’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Male
English
Habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements bryne, BRENTON means "fire, flame," and tun "enclosure, settlement, town," hence "fire town."
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name primarily from Brenton near Exminster, possibly named in Old English as Br̄ningtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Br̄ni’ (a personal name from Old English bryne ‘fire’, ‘flame’), or from any of the places mentioned at Brinton.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Irish
Broom Covered Hill; Variant of Brandon
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Wiltshire. For the most part the first element is either Old English (ge)mǣne ‘common’, ‘shared’ (see Manley, Manship), or the Old English byname Mann(a) (see Mann). However, in the case of Manton in Lincolnshire the early forms show clearly that it was Old English m(e)alm ‘sand’, ‘chalk’, with reference to the poor soil of the region. The second element is in each case Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.Irish (Cork) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin ‘descendant of Manntán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of manntach ‘toothless’.
Male
Romanian
 Romanian form of Greek Antonios, possibly ANTON means "invaluable." Compare with other forms of Anton.
Male
Esperanto
Esperanto form of Latin Antonius, possibly ANTONO means "invaluable."Â
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Anthony, possibly ANTONY means "invaluable."Â
Male
Polish
 Catalan and Polish form of Latin Antonius, possibly ANTONI means "invaluable." Compare with another form of Antoni.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Cranston.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Branton in South Yorkshire (formerly in West Yorkshire) and Northumberland or from Braunton in Devon. The first and last are named with Old English brÅm ‘broom’ + tÅ«n ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. The second is from an Old English word brÄ“men ‘overgrown with broom’ + tÅ«n ‘farmstead’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Irish
Beacon Hill; Sword; Broom Covered Hill; Gorse Hill; Similar to Brandon
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Brinton in Norfolk, named in Old English as Br̄ningtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with (-ing-) Br̄ni’ (a personal name based on Old English bryne ‘fire’, ‘flame’), or from any of various other places with names of the same origin, such as Brineton in Staffordshire, Brimpton in Berkshire, Brenton in Devon, Brington in Cambridgeshire or (Great and Little) Brington in Northamptonshire.William Brinton (1635–99) came from Staffordshire, England, to West Chester, PA, in 1684–85.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Crafton in Buckinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘the estate (tūn) where wild saffron (croh) grew’.
Male
German
 German form of Greek Antonios, possibly ANTON means "invaluable." Compare with other forms of Anton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name of uncertain origin, perhaps from Branxton in Northumberland, which is named with the Celtic personal name Branoc + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Jain, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi
Love
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Telugu, Traditional
Name of Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, English, Jamaican
From the Cliff Land; Cliff; Form of Cleavant; A Steep Bank; Hilly Area; Land of Cliffs; Slope
Male
Esperanto
Esperanto form of Latin Georgius, GEORGO means "earth-worker, farmer."
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Western Stream
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Request
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; most probably a variant of Fugett.
Boy/Male
Indian
Successful, Turquoise, Gem stone
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Song
Girl/Female
German American English
Snake. Lime tree; linden tree. Can also be a name ending in -linda.
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
RANTON ABBEY
v. i.
To go or stray at random.
n.
See Batten, and Baton.
v. i.
To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
n.
A rattan cane.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rant
n.
Same as Rattoon, n.
a.
Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
n.
A song or canto
n.
Alt. of Ronyon
n.
See Baton.
n.
Random.
v. t.
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
v. i.
Same as Rattoon, v. i.
n.
To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
imp. & p. p.
of Rant
n.
See Baton, and Baston.
pl.
of Cannon
pl.
of Canto
n.
A kind of type. See Canon.
v. t.
Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.