Mucklestone in 1872

MUCKLESTONE, or Muxton, a township in Stafford, and a parish partly also in Salop; all in the district of Market-Drayton. The township lies near the river Tern at the boundary with Salop, 4 miles N E of Market-Drayton railway station. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 177. Houses, 35. The parish contains also the townships of Aston, Knighton, Oakley, and Winnington in Stafford, and the chapelry of Woore in Salop; and its post town is Market-Drayton. Acres of the Stafford portion, 3,240; of the Salop portion, 5,291. Real property of the Stafford portion, £5,949; of the Salop portion, £6,693. Pop. of the whole in 1851, 1,736; in 1861, 1,610. Houses, 340. Pop. of the Salop portion in 1851, 860; in 1861, 783. Houses, 169. The property is not much divided.

The manor belonged anciently to the Morgans, and belongs now to Lord Crewe. Oakley Hall is a chief residence, and stands in an extensive park. Good building stone is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £1,072. Patron, Lord Crewe. The church was rebuilt in 1790; but retains a previous tower, from which Margaret of Anjou, in 1459, witnessed the defeat of the royalists on Bloreheath. The perpetual curacy of Woore is a separate benefice. There are schools with £46 a year from endowment, and charities £126.

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

• Aston
• Knighton
• Winnington

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