Calton in 1872

CALTON, three townships, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford. The townships are Calton-in-Mayfield, Calton- 
in-Blore, and Calton-in Waterfall; they lie in three several parishes, designated in their respective names; and they are contiguous to one another, at a point 2 miles W of the river Dove, 4  ENE of Froghall railway station, and 5 NW by W of Ashborne. Acres of the three, 2,480. Real property, £1,911. Pop. of C-in-M,70; of C-in-B., 72; of C-in-W.,65. Houses of C-in-M., 17; of C-in-B., 17; of C-in-W., 13.

The chapelry includes also a detached part of Croxden parish; and its post-town is Ashborne. The living is a donative in tho diocese of Lichfield. Value, £86. Patron, the Vicar of Mayfield. 

Fairs are held on 15 Aug. and 20 Sept. — The sub-district contains eight parishes, parts of three other parishes, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 17,689. Pop., 3,036. Houses, 618. 

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