Wetton in 1872

WETTON, a parish in Leek district, Stafford; on the river Manifold, 7 miles NW by N of Ashborne station. Post-town, Ashborne. Acres. 2,600. Real property, £3,424. Pop., 452. Houses, 98. The property is not much divided. The course of the Manifold here is partly subterranean. A limestone cliff rises over it near Ecton; and is pierced with a ramified cavern, about 130 feet long. Limestone, partly variegated and partly of marble quality, is quarried.

A copper-mine began to be worked in the 17th century; yielded, for many years, an annual profit of about £30,000; and now is nearly exhausted. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £90. Patron, G.F.B. Blackett, Esq. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1820. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £5. 

An 1872 Gazetteer description of the following place in Wetton is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Ecton

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]