Places in Cannock in 1872

CANNOCK

CANNOCK WOOD, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; near Cannock. Pop., 275.

CHASETOWN, a chapelry in Cannock Chase, Stafford: formed in l867. Post-town, Cannock. Pop., 1,520. Living, a perpetual curacy. Value, £300. Patron, J.R. M'Clean, Esq. 

GENTLESHAWE, a chapelry in Longdon and Cannock parishes, Stafford; in Cannock Chase, 4 miles E of Cannock railway station, and 5 S of Rugeley. It was constituted in 1840; and it has a post office under Rugeley. Rated property, £1,400. Pop., 625. Houses, 138. Pop. of the Longdon portion, 311. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The surface is aggregately very high; and includes the eminence of Castlehill, which commands a view of parts of nine counties. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £100. Patron, alternately the Bishop of Lichfield and the Dean and Chapter. The church was reported in 1859 to need repair.

HEDNESFORD, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; in Cannock Chase, and on the Walsall and Stafford railway, 2 miles NE of Cannock, and 6 ESE of Penkridge. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stafford. Pop., not separately returned. Hednesford Hall is a chief residence. Hednesford hills are noted for their breed of blood horses. Coal mining is largely carried on. A church was built in 1868; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

HUNTINGTON, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; in Cannock Chase, 2 miles N of Cannock. Pop., 161. Houses, 32. Large quantities of white gravel have been sent hence to different parts of the kingdom for garden walks.

LEACROFT, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; 1 mile SE of Cannock. Most of the inhabitants are edge tool makers or colliers.

WYRLEY (Great), a township in Cannock parish, and a chapelry including also Cheslyn-Hay extra-parochial tract, Stafford. The township lies on the Walsall, Cannock, and Rugeley railway, 6 miles N by W of Walsall; has a station, of the name of Wyrley, on the railway; and includes Wyrley-Bank, which has a post-office under Walsall. Real property, £8,462; of which £1,348 are in mines, and £700 in iron-works. Pop., 890. Houses, 166. The chapelry was constituted in 1846. Pop., 2,067. Houses, 402. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £160. Patron, the Vicar of Cannock. The church was built in 1845. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.

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