Trysull in 1859

TRYSULL (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of SEISDON, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (S.W.) from Wolverhampton; containing, with the township of Seisdon, 541 inhabitants. This place takes its name from John de Tressel, or Trysull, to whom the manor, together with that of Seisdon, which gives name to the hundred, belonged in the reign of Edward II.

The living is a vicarage not in charge, annexed to that of Wombourn: the small tithes were commuted for land in 1773. The church, a handsome structure with a square tower, was nearly rebuilt in 1844, at a cost of £1000, and contains 400 sittings, of which 180 are free; on the north wall is a carved figure of a bishop. Thomas Rudge bequeathed £200 to purchase land, now producing, with other bequests, £16.10. per annum, for instruction. 

SEISDON, a township, and the head of a union, in the parish of TRYSULL, S. division of the hundred of SEISDON and of the county of STAFFORD, 6 miles (W.S.W) from Wolverhampton; containing 213 inhabitants. This place gives name to the hundred, and also to a poor law union which comprises 12 parishes or places, 11 whereof are in the county of Stafford, and 1 in that of Salop, the whole containing a population of 13,097. Near Seisdon Common is a large triangular stone called the War Stone, and at a short distance is a small square camp.

 

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