Marchington in 1859

MARCHINGTON, a chapelry, in the parish of HANBURY, union of UTTOXETER, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (S.E. by E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 471 inhabitants.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £92; patron, Vicar of Hanbury; appropriator, Bishop of Lichfield. Rent-charges amounting to £110 have been awarded as commutations in lieu of tithes, of which amount £90 are payable to the appropriator, and £20 to the vicar; and there is a glebe of nearly 20 acres. The chapel is dedicated to St. Peter. A school, endowed with £10 per annum, is conducted on the national plan. 

MARCHINGTON-WOODLANDS, a township, in the parish of HANBURY, union of UTTOXETER, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (S.S.E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 256 inhabitants. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for £60, payable to the Bishop of Lichfield, and the vicarial for £10.

 

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