Shareshill in 1868

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

"SHARESHILL, a parish in the E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 6 miles N.E. of Wolverhampton, its post town, 5 S.E. of Brewood, and 2½ from the Four Ashes station on the London and North Western railway. The village is situated near the Stafford and Worcester canal and Saredon Brook. The parish includes the hamlets of Hilton and Great and Little Saredon. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The soil is of a light nature. Near Watling Street are two small camps, apparently Roman.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £114. The church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, has a stone tower containing four bells. The interior contains effigies of the Swintons. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum. There is a parochial school. The principal residence is Hilton Hall, near to which is a tower situated on a slight eminence."

"GREAT AND LITTLE SAREDON, a township in the parish of Shareshill, E. division of Cuttlestone hundred, county Stafford, 4 miles S.E. of Penkridge, and 7 N.E. of Wolverhampton.

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