Newchapel in 1872

THURSFIELD, or Newchapel, a chapelry in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; l mile E by N of Kidsgrove-Junction railway station, and 3 N of Burslem. It was constituted in 1846; it extends much beyond Thursfield proper, or Thursfield township; and it has a post-office, of the name of Newchapel, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Pop., 3,440. Houses, 630.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £110. Patrons, R. Sneyd, Esq., and others. The church was built in 1767, and repaired in 1827. There is a national school.

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