Blore-with-Swinscoe in 1872

BLORE, a township and a parish in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford. The township bears the name of BIore-with-Swinscoe, and lies on the river Dove, 4 miles N W of Ashborne railway station. Acres, 1,250. Real property, £2,523. Pop., 248. Houses, 54.

The parish includes also the township of Calton-in-Blore, and is sometimes called Blore-Rav. Post-town, Ashborne. Acres. 3.730. Real property, £3,443. Pop., 320. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £130. Patron, O. Shore, Esq. The church is old but good, and contains some curious monuments of the Bassets. Charities, £17. 

 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]