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John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales - 1870-2



YOXHALL, a village, a parish, aud a sub-district, in Lichfield district, Stafford. The village stands 4 miles WNW of Wichnor-Junction railway station, and 8 SW by W of Burton-upon-Trent ; and has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent, and fairs on 12 Feb. and 19 Oct. The parish includes eight hamlets, and comprises 4,813 acres. Real property, £8,053. Pop., 1,443. Houses, 325. The property is much subdivided. Yoxall Lodge, Hoarcross Hall, and Longcroft Hall are chief residences. Nails are made.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £508. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was lately restored. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, an endowed school with £14 a-year, a charity for six clergymen's widows £47, and other charities £116. The sub-district contains six parishes and two extra-parochial tracts. Acres, 20,417. Pop., 4,765. Houses, 1,089.  

HADLEY-END, a village in Yoxhall parish, Stafford; 6 miles ENE of Rugeley. 

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