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Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis - 1859

CASTLE-CHURCH (ST. LAWRENCE], a parish, in the E. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, union, and S. division of the county, of STAFFORD, 1 mile (S. W.) from Stafford; containing, with the townships of Forebridge and Rickerscote, 1484 inhabitants. It derives its name from the ancient baronial castle of Stafford, to which its church was originally an appendage, and comprehends a portion of the town of Stafford. The Grand Junction railway passes through the parish. 

The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £120; it is in the patronage of the Crown, and Lord Stafford and others are impropriators. Near the town is a Roman Catholic chapel, built, in 1822, by the late Edward Jerningham, Esq.; it is a small, but elegant, structure, containing seventeen of the old stalls taken from Lichfield cathedral, and has a noble organ. There are national and infants' schools, aided by private charity; and adjoining the Roman Catholic chapel is a school, supported by Lord Stafford. 

 

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

  • Forebridge
  • Rickerscote

 

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