Sandon in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"SANDON, a parish in the S. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 4 miles S.E. of Stone, its post town, and 5 N.E. of Stafford. It is a station on the North Staffordshire line of railway. The village, which is situated near the Grand Trunk canal and the river Trent, is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the hamlets of Day-Hills and Smallrice, and was formerly held by the Saxon Earl Alfgar, Hugh Lupus, the De Malbancs, Verdons, Erdeswicks, and Hamiltons, who rebuilt the seat"     (There is more of this description).

"DAY HILLS, a hamlet in the parish of Sandon, in the county of Stafford, 4 miles N.E. of Stafford. It is situated near the Grand Trunk canal and the river Trent."

"SMALLRICE, a hamlet in the parish of Sandon, county Stafford, 4 miles N.E. of Stafford."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]