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Adbaston in 1859

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Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis - 1859

 

ADBASTON (ST. MARGARET), a parish, in the union of NEWPORT, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Eccleshall ; comprising the townships of Adbaston, Bishop's Offlow, Flashbrook and Tunstall, and the hamlet of Knighton, and containing 610 inhabitants, of which number 39 are in the township of Adbaston. It consists of about 4000 acres, divided into nearly equal portions of arable and pasture, with a small quantity of woodland.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Dean of Lichfield, the appropriator; net income, £100. The tithes have been commuted for £562.10 per annum, and the incumbent receives a rent-charge of  £2.10 In 1724, John Wright bequeathed a small portion of land for the support and education of the poor; and, in 1764, Richard Whitworth gave a house and land for similar purposes.

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

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