Forton in 1872

FORTON, or Forton and Mere, a parish in the district of Newport and county of Stafford; on a branch of the Birmingham and Liverpool canal, contiguous to Salop, and adjacent to the Shrewsbury and Stafford railway, 1 mile NNE of Newport, Salop.

It includes the township of Sutton and the tything of Meertown; and its post-town is Newport, Salop. Acres, 3,718. Real property, £5,432. Pop., 729. Houses, 137. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £474. Patron, Sir T.F. Boughey, Bart. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £12, and other charities with £61. 

SUTTON, a township in Forton parish, Stafford; adjacent to Salop, 2 miles NNE of Newport. It has a post-office under Newport, Salop.

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