Adbaston, a township and a parish in Staffordshire. The township lies near the Shrewsbury Canal, 5 miles W by S of Eccleshall, and 6 from Newport (Salop) station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Newport (Salop) ; money order and telegraph office, Eccleshall. At Knighton, which is included in the township, are 1000 acres bequeathed to the grammar school at Newport. The parish contains also the townships of Flashbrook, Bishops-Offley, and Tunstall. Acreage, 4638 (including 28 of water); population, 568. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £286. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is very good, and has been restored.