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Statfold in 1817

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Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

STATFOLD.

Statfold is a compact manor, classed in the south division of Offlow hundred, though separated from the rest of it by intervening parts of the north division.

In the year 1550 this manor came by marriage into the Wolferston family, Humphrey Wolferston being then united with Catherine, daughter and heiress of John Stanley, the former proprietor. The present owner of this estate is Samuel Pipe Wolferston, Esq.

The manor-house was built in 1571, by Francis Wolferston, Esq. who also built an octagonal turret as an observatory. The grounds are pleasant, and adorned with flourishing trees; and though the situation is comparatively flat, yet not less than 38 churches and chapels may be seen from the top of the observatory.

The soil is in general a strong clay loam, inclined to wet, and difficult to drain; yet when properly managed it is productive of good wheat, barley, oats, and beans: the oak timber is excellent. The church is a small stone structure without a steeple.