Blurton in 1872

BLURTON AND LIGHTWOOD-FOREST, a township-chapelry in Trentham parish, Stafford; on the North Stafford railway, adjacent to the Grand Trunk canal, 1 mile SE of Trentham railway station, and 5 SE by E of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Post-town, Trentham, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Acres, 2,210. Real property, £6,985. Pop., 2,857. Houses, 594. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; and till 1866 was united with Redbank. Value, £400. Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is good. 

DRESDEN, a chapelry in Blurton parish, Stafford; near Longton. It was constituted in 1867. Pop., 2, 666. The living is a vicarage. Value, not reported.

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