Draycott-in-the-Moors in 1872

DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-MOORS, a village and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford. The village stands near the river Tean, 1 mile NNE of Cresswell railway station, and 2 SW by S of Cheadle; and has a post-office, of the name of Draycott, under Stafford. The parish includes also 
the villages of Totmonslow and Cresswell. Acres, 3,690. Real property, £5,135. Pop., 451. Houses, 89.

The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £452. Patron, Sir E. Vavasour, Bart. The church, ancient but good, contains some old monuments. A Danish stone is in the churehyard. Charities, £4.

An 1872 Gazetteer description of the following places in Draycott-in-the-Moors is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Cresswell
• Moreton
• Totmonslow

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