Biddulph in 1859

BIDDULPH (ST. LAWRENCE), a parish, in the union of CONGLETON, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (S.E. by S.) from Congleton; containing 2314 inhabitants. This parish contains collieries, manufactories for cotton and earthenware, and iron-works. In 1837 an act was obtained for making a new road hence to Congleton.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 9. 8.; patron and impropriator, J. Bateman, Esq., of Knypersley Hall, which was anciently the seat of a family of that name, and afterwards of the Gresleys. 

The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £180.8., and the vicarial for one of £90, the glebe consists of 34 acres. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans on Biddulph Moor; and a school is endowed with about £14 per annum. 

An 1859 Gazetteer description of the following place in Biddulph is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Knypersley

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]