Checkley in 1859

CHECKLEY (ST. MARY AND ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union of CHEADLE, S. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, N. division of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (S.S.E.) from Cheadle; containing, with part of the township of Foxt, 2322 inhabitants. It is intersected by the Grand Junction railway, and comprises by measurement 6034 acres, of which 4700 are meadow and pasture, about 850 arable, and 390 woodland. A large tape-manufactory, supposed to be one of the most extensive in Europe, established in 1748, affords employment to a great portion of the population. A fair is held on Easter-Tuesday.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20.2.6.; net income, £546; patrons, the Hutchinson family. The church is an ancient structure, and contains a fine marble tomb, with recumbent figures. A church has been built at Upper Tean, in the parish, by subscription, in the later English style, the site of which was given by the late patron of the living, and which was endowed by the rector, the Rev. William Hutchinson, with £50 per annum from the tithes. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans; and infants', day, and Sunday schools are supported by the proprietors of the tape-manufactory.

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

• Tean

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