Places in Colwich in 1868

COLWICH

"BISHTON, a township in the parish of Colwich, and hundred of Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles from Rugeley. It is situated on the Trent, which here flows through a beautiful valley. The chief residence is Bishton Hall, seated near the river."

"DROINTON, a township in the parishes of Stowe and Colwich, in the county of Stafford, 5 miles N.W. of Abbots Bromley."

"FRADSWELL, a chapelry and ecclesiastical district in the parish of Colwich, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 6 miles S.E. of Stone, its post town, and 8 N.E. of Stafford. The Sandon station, on the North Staffordshire railway, is nearly 4 miles W. of the village.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £120, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. James, contains an old monument of one of the Cromwell family.

There is a National school for both sexes. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor. Fradswell Hall is the principal residence."

"GREAT and LITTLE HAYWOOD, townships in the parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 5 miles E. of Stafford. They are situated on the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, and comprise the hamlets of Swanmoor and Mount Priory.

"HIXON, a township in the parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 6 miles N.E. of Stafford. The village, which is considerable, is situated near the river Trent. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £60, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is modern."

"MOUNT PRIORY, a hamlet in the township of Little Haywood, parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 5 miles S.E. of Stafford. It is situated near the river Trent and Grand Trunk canal."

"SHUGHBOROUGH, a township in the parish of Colwich, county Stafford, 5 miles S.E. of Stafford, its post town. It is situated on the Grand Trunk canal in a vale on the rivers Trent and Sow. It came to the Astons in the reign of Henry III., and subsequently to the Tixals."

"SWANMOOR, a hamlet in the parish of Colwich, township of Great Haywood, county Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Rugeley."

"WOLSELEY, a township in the parish of Colwich, county Stafford, 2 miles N.W. of Rugeley, on the river Trent and Grand Junction canal."

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