Gentleshaw

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2010}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name=Gentleshaw

|static_image_name=Gentleshaw 02.jpg

|static_image_caption= Gentleshaw Parish Church

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|label_position= left

|shire_district = Lichfield

|shire_county= Staffordshire

|region = West Midlands

|country= England

|postcode_area= WS

|post_town = RUGELEY

|postcode_district= WS15

|constituency_westminster= Lichfield

}}

Gentleshaw is a village in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England. It is {{convert|6|mi|km}} from Lichfield, {{convert|6|mi|km}} from Rugeley, and {{convert|2|mi|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.{{Cite web |title=Exhibition Details - Staffordshire Past Track |url=https://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=12903&PageIndex=4&SearchType=2&ThemeID=750#:~:text=Its%20name%20derives%20from%20'shaw,hills%20such%20as%20Gentle-Shaw |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk}}

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

The village has a brick church of Christ which was built around 1839, and it then got restored in 1875. The church got extended years later in 1903.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.