Cheddleton in 1872

 
CHEDDLETON, a township and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford. The township is conjoint with Rownall township, including part of Cellar-Head hamlet; lies on the Uttoxeter canal and the North Stafford railway, 2 miles S of Leek; and has a station on the railway. Real property, £8,300. Pop., 1,802. Houses, 377. The parish contains also the townships of Cunsall and Basford; and its post-town is Leek, under Stoke-upon-Trent Acres, 9,080. Real property, £14,213. Pop., 2,050. Houses, 426. The property is subdivided. 

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £160. Patron, the Rev. E Powys. The church is old but good. The perpetual curacy of Wetley-Rocks is a separate benefice. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £21 from endowment; and other charities £8. 

An 1872 Gazetteer description of the following places in Cheddleton is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Basford
• Cellar-Head
• Cunsall
• Rownall
• Wetley-Rocks

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