Caverswall in 1872

CAVERSWALL, or Careswell, a township and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford. The township lies on the river Blythe, 1 mile NE of Blythe-Bridge railway stationand 4 W of Cheadle; and has a post-office, of the name of Caverswall, under Stafford. Real property, £7,941; of which £1,200 are in mines. The parish contains also the township of Weston-Coyney-with-Hulme. Acres, 5,300. Real property, £16,937; of which £4,400 are in mines. Pop., 3,046. Houses, 609. The property is much subdivided.

Caverswall Hall is a chief residence. Caverswall castle is a large edifice with lofty keep and four corner towers; was built originally, in the time of Edward II., by Sir William de Caverswall; rebuilt, in the time of James I., by Sir William Craydock; and converted, in 1810, into a Benedictine nunnery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £217. Patron, the Hon. E.S. Jervis. The church is ancient; and contains monuments of Sir William de Caverswall and Earl St. Vincent. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £31. 

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

• Adderley-Green
• Hulme
• Weston-Coyney-with-Hulme

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