Gentleshaw

OSgridreferenceSK051119

Post townRUGELEY

UKParliament

• Lichfield

Gentleshaw
Gentleshaw Parish Church
Gentleshaw Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SK051119
District	Lichfield
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RUGELEY
Postcode district	WS15
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Lichfield
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°42′18″N 1°55′32″W / 52.70505°N 1.92544°W / 52.70505; -1.92544

Gentleshaw is a village in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) from Lichfield, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Rugeley, and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Burntwood.

Its name derives from "shaw" meaning a grove and much possibly from the surname "Gentyl" which is recorded to have occurred in the area around the 14th century.^[1]

It was originally part of the ancient parish of Longdon, Gentleshaw became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1840.^[1]

The village has a brick church of Christ which was built around 1839, and it then got restored in 1875.^[1] The church got extended years later in 1903.^[1]The village also has a primary school. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Longdon.

Gentleshaw Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the south-west side of the church, and forms the south westerly part of The Chase.