Swynnerton in 1859

SWINNERTON (ST. MARY), a parish, in the union of STONE, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (W.N.W.) from 
Stone; containing 961 inhabitants. The parish comprises by admeasurement 5000 acres, of which the surface is hilly, and the soil in general gravelly: the river

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10.2.6., and in the gift of the Rev. Christopher Dodsley; the glebe contains about 60 acres. The church is an ancient edifice, in the south aisle of which, used as a parochial school, is a colossal figure of Our Saviour pointing to the wound in his side, which was discovered buried at a short distance from its present situation. There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Swinnerton Park. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]