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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"HORTON, a parish in the N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, county Stafford, 3 miles N.W. of Leek, its post town, 7 W. of Congleton, and 1½ mile from Rudyard railway station. It is situated near the Caldon canal reservoir, which is 1¾ mile in length, and at a distance from any public road. The parish contains the townships of Horton Hay, Blackwood, and Crowborough. The land is chiefly in pasture, and divided into small farms. A considerable quantity of cheese is made in the neighbourhood. There are several quarries of building stone.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £118. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains monuments of the Crompton, Fowler, and Wedgwood families. The churchyard contains a tombstone to Mary, the wife of George Brooks, who died January 5th, 1787, at the age of 119. There are numerous charities, one of which is that of Timothy Edge's, who bequeathed three annuities out of Horton Hall estate, viz: £5 10s. weekly for bread, £5 annually for apprentice fees, and £20 for the curate.

The Primitive Methodists have a chapel at Lark Sedge, and the Wesleyans one at Gratton. Horton Hall and Cliff Park Hall are the principal residences. The latter is situated in the midst of a park and near the reservoir. The interior contains a choice collection of pictures by eminent masters. G. C. Antrobus, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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

  • Blackwood
  • Crowborough
  • Gratton
  • Horton Hay

 

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