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Forton, Staffordshire

Forton is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire. The civil Parish population at the 2011 census was 308.

Notable people
, 1786 • Samuel Dugard (1645?–1697 in Forton) a divine and rector of Forton, died locally. • John Wedge (1744 in Forton – 1816) an agriculturalist and surveyor, owned various properties including a brass factory in Birmingham • Charles Wedge (1746 in Aqualate Park – 1842) a farmer who practised as a surveyor and assisted in the construction of canals. • Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Baronet (1751 in Forton – 1826) an administrator in India • Thomas Wedge (1760 in Forton – 1854) an agriculturalist ==See also==
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