Cheddleton in 1859

CHEDDLETON (ST. EDWARD), a parish, in the union of CHEADLE, N. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Leek; comprising the townships of Basford, Cunsall, and Rownall, and containing 1824 inhabitants, of whom 808 are in the township of Cheddleton. The Caldon branch of the Trent and Mersey canal, and the Uttoxeter canal, pass through the parish: the latter terminates near the village. Here are coal and lime wharfs, a silk-throwing mill, and a brewery. 

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £160; patron and incumbent, Rev. Edward Powys. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. At a field near Ferry Hill is the shaft of a very ancient cross, eleven feet high, standing on three circular stone steps. In 1724, James Whitehall bequeathed £200 for teaching children, and £30 to build a schoolroom, to which charity John Bagnall gave a rent-charge of £5. 

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

• Basford
• Rownall

 

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