Edingale
Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Edingale is a village and civil parish<ref name="ons_cp"/> in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England.<ref name="EX245">OS Explorer Map 245: The National Forest :(1:25 000) :Template:ISBN</ref><ref name="OSWS">Map Details Template:Webarchive retrieved 11 April 2013</ref> It lies on the River Mease, around Template:Convert north of Tamworth. Historically, the village is shared with Derbyshire. In 2001 the parish had a population of 598,<ref name="ons-pop"/> increasing to 632 at the 2011 census.
HistoryEdit
Edingale was mentioned in the Domesday Book as part of Derbyshire and belonging to Henry de Ferrers<ref name="and"/> and being worth two shillings.<ref name="Domesday"/> The name of the village comes from Old English, with the meaning nook of land of EdinTemplate:'s (or EadwineTemplate:'s) people.<ref name="epns"/>
Until the late 19th century the village of Edingale was divided between the chapelry of Edingale, within Alrewas parish in Staffordshire, and the parish of Croxall, in Derbyshire.<ref name="mvc"/><ref name="hist"/>
In 1831 the population of the Staffordshire village was 177.<ref name="genuki-derby"/> By 1851 it had risen to 197, on about 850 acres of land, when the lord of the manor was the Earl of Lichfield, though the land belonged to a number of other persons.<ref name="genuki"/>
Formerly in Tamworth Rural District, the parish became part of Lichfield Rural District during the boundary changes of 1934.<ref name="olg"/> The civil parish of Croxall was incorporated into Edingale at the same time.<ref name="olg-crox"/>
LandmarksEdit
A number of houses in the village are listed Grade II, as is the Church of the Holy Trinity and associated buildings. The village of Croxall also has a number of historic buildings.<ref name="listed"/> Chetwynd Bridge, an early cast-iron arch bridge, crosses the River Tame from neighbouring Alrewas on the western edge of the parish.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref>
SportEdit
The village has 1 football team Edingale Swifts. they will play the 2016–2017 season in Division 3 of the Tamworth and District Sunday Football League. They won the Division Three league and cup double in 2015–16 season with an unbeaten league record.<ref name="tdsfl"/>
The Black Horse Edingale were the villages other football team but they folded in December 2013.