Keele in 1872

KEELE, a village and a parish in Newcastle-under-Lyne district, Stafford. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and 3 E by N of Madely railway station; and has a post-office under Newcastle, Staffordshire. The parish comprises 2,579 acres. Real property, £18,116; of which £12,000 are in mines, and £200 in iron works. Pop. in 1851, 1,232; in 1861, 1,062. Houses, 211.

The manor, with Keele Hall and all the land, belongs to R. Sneyd, Esq. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in collieries, ironstone mines, smelting furnaces, and a silk mill.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £195. Patron, R. Sneyd, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1790, and has an embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £17. 

An 1872 Gazetteer description of the following place in Keele is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Silverdale

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