Seighford in 1868

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

"SEIGHFORD, a parish in the S. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 3 miles N.W. of Stafford, its post town. The village, which is considerable, is situated on the Grand Junction railway. It is chiefly agricultural. The parish contains the villages of Bridgeford, Aston, and Doxey. The North Staffordshire hounds meet in the parish.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, value £189. The church is dedicated to St. Chad. There is also the modern district church of St. Matthew's, at Derrington, the living of which is a curacy, value £30. The parochial charities produce about £11 per annum. There is a free school with a small endowment. Seighford Hall, the principal residence, is an ancient mansion situated in a well-timbered park. F. Eld, Esq., is lord of the manor."

 

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Seighford is to be found on a supplementary page.

Aston Derrington Doxey Great Bridgeford Little Bridgeford

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