Adbaston in 1872

ADBASTON, a township and a parish in the district of Newport-Salop and county of Stafford. The township lies near the Grand Junction canal, 4.miles W by S of Eccleshall, and 6 SW of Standon-bridge railway station; and has a post-office under Newport-Salop. Real property, £2,329. Pop., 210. Houses, 40.

The parish contains also the townships of Flashbrook, Bishops-Offlow, and Tunstall. Acres. 4,560. Real property, £6,895. Pop. 593. Houses, 116.The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £100. Patron, the Dean of Lichfield. The church is good. Charities, £3. Adbaston gave the title of Viscount to Earl Whitworth. 

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

• Batchacre
• Bishops-Offlow
• Flashbrook
• Knighton
• Outlands
• Tunstall

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