Places in Hanbury in 1872

HANBURY

COTON, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; on the river Dove, and the North Stafford railway, 3 miles W of Tutbury. Pop., 72. A viaduct of the North Stafford railway, 114 feet high, and 693 feet long, is in the neighbourhood.

DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-CLAY, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; near the river Dove, 4 miles SE of Uttoxeter. It includes the hamlets of Moreton and Stubby-Lane. Pop., 484. Houses, 107.

FAULD, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; on the river Dove, 7 miles SE by E of Uttoxeter. Acres, 860. Pop., 56. Burton, the author of the "Anatomy of Melancholy," was a native. 

HANBURY-WOODEND, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; near Hanbury village. Pop., 304. Houses, 60.

HOARCROSS, a township in Yoxhall and Hanbury parishes, Stafford; 4 miles SE of Abbots-Bromley. Real property, £2,170. Pop., 251. Hoarcross Hall was anciently the seat of the Willes family; was rebuilt by Lord Scardale, and occupied by him as a hunting seat; and passed to H. Ingram, Esq.

STUBBY-LANE, a hamlet in Hanbury parish, Stafford; 4 miles SE of Uttoxeter.

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