Castle Church in 1872

CASTLE-CHURCH, a parish and a sub-district in the district and county of Stafford. The parish adjoins the south-western suburbs of Stafford; and includes the townships of Forebridge and Rickerscote. Post-town, Stafford. Acres, 3,774. Rated property, £15,772. Pop., 3,362. Houses, 669. The property is much sub-divided.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good. A district church, forming a separate charge, is in Forebridge; and there is a neat Roman Catholic chapel. The sub-district contains three parishes and part of another. Acres, 13,071. Pop., 5,413. Houses, 1,089. 

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

• Forebridge
• Rickerscote

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