Onecote in 1872

ONECOTE, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Leek parish, Stafford. The village stands on the river Hamps, 5 miles E by S of Leek railway station. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £4,958. Pop., 463. Houses, 90. The chapelry contains also the township of Bradnop; and its post town is Leek. Real property, £9,471. Pop., 917. Houses, 175. The property is all in one estate.

Narrowdale here is a rocky vale so deep that sunshine does not reach its bottom even at midsummer. The Mixon copper mine is here; but ceased about 1820 to be worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Leek. The church is good, and has a tower. Charities, £11.

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