Marchington in 1872

MARCHINGTON, a village and a township-chapelry in Hanbury parish, Stafford. The village stands adjacent to the river Dove, the North Staffordshire railway, aud the boundary with Derby, 3 miles ESE of Uttoxeter; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Stoke-upon-Trent, The township comprises 2,710 acres. Real property, £5,079. Pop., 484. Houses, 105. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. Cudden, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Hanbury. The church is a good brick edifice, with a low tower; and contains a monument to Sir Walter Vernon. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed national school with £10 a-year, and charities £45. 

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

• Machington-Woodlands

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