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A large village on the
Shropshire Union Canal, Gnosall was mentioned
as far back as the Domesday Book. The imposing
Church of St Lawrence was built by the Normans
on the site of a Saxon church. Norman arches
have survived beneath a pinnacled tower added
in the 15th century. Inside the
building is the effigy of a knight. Coton Mill
– now a house – is claimed to be the source of
self-raising flour. Gnosall’s most famous son
was the Puritan minister Rev. Adam Blackman
who was born here in 1596 and went on to found
the American town of Stratford Connecticut in
the mid 17th century.
