Alrewas in 1859

ALREWAS (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union of LICHFIELD, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.E. by N.) from Lichfield; containing, with the hamlets of Fradley and Orgreave 1658 inhabitants, of whom 1173 are in the township of Alrewas. This parish is bounded by the Trent on the north, and by the Tame on the east, and contains 4329a. 31p.; it is intersected by the Trent and Mersey, and the Coventry canals; and there is a station of the Birmingham and Derby railroad 1 mile from the village. A manufactory of worsted yarn employs about ninety hands. Courts leet and baron for the manor are held twice a year: the custom of Borough English prevails.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5.6.8.; patron and impropriator, Prebendary of Alrewas and Weeford, in the Cathedral of Lichfield. The prebendal tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £439.15., and the vicarial for £250; there is glebe-land and land allotted in lieu of tithes upon the common; the prebendary has 102a. 25p., and the vicar 39a 2r 10p,, with a glebe-house. The church is chiefly in the Norman style, and contains monuments to several of the family of Turton, a member of which was chief justice of the king's bench, in the time of William III. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Ranters 5 and a national school. Viscount Anson was baron of Orgreave, in the parish, where he had an estate, which still remains in the possession of the family. The Roman Ikeneld-street intersects the parish. 

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

• Alrewas-Hays
• Fradley
• Orgreave
• Overley

 

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