FORTON
MEER, a hamlet, in the parish of FORTON, union of NEWPORT, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 1 mile (N.E.) from Newport. Meer town is a small village, containing several neat houses, situated upon an eminence on the Shropshire border; it takes its name from Aqualate Meer, a large sheet of water, bounding on the north Aqualate Hall and Park, the seat of Lady Boughey. The roads from Newport to Eccleshall and to Stafford are in the immediate vicinity.
[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]
