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Caverswall in 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"CAVERSWALL, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of Totmonslow, in the county of Stafford, 1 mile N. of Blythe Bridge station on the Stoke and Derby branch of the North Staffordshire line, 7 S.E. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and 4 W. of Cheadle. It includes the townships of Caverswall, Weston-Coyney, and Hulme, and is intersected by the river Blythe.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, value £217, in the patronage of the Hon. E. S. Parker Jervis, who is lord of the manor of Caverswall township. The church is an ancient stone building with a square tower annexed. It is dedicated to St. Peter, and contains monuments of William de Caverswall and Countess St. Vincent.

There is a National school, and the Wesleyans have a chapel. The charities produce £35 per annum. Not far from the church stands Caverswall Castle, built in Edward II.'s time by Sir William de Caverswall, and rebuilt in James I's reign by Matt. Craydock. It is a large building, with towers at each angle and a high keep, and is surrounded by a moat. It has been possessed by the Montgomerys, Giffords, Ports, Hastings, and Vanes, but is now a nunnery, which it became in 1811.

Park Hall, the seat of J. P. Ratcliffe, Esq., is a fine brick building. Weston-Coyney Hall, the seat of the ancient family of the Coyneys, is 1 mile N.W. of Caverswall. The township derives its name from this family, to whom a large estate was granted by Henry III. Major Coyney, the present possessor, is lord of the manors of Weston-Coyney and Hulme, and the Hon. E. S. Parker Jervis of the manor of Caverswall."

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Caverswall is to be found on a supplementary page.

  • Adderley Green
  • Cellar Head
  • Hulme
  • Weston Coyney
  • Wetley Rocks

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]