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Places in Caverswall in 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

CAVERSWALL

 

"ADDERLEY GREEN, a hamlet in the township of Weston Coyney, parish of Caverswall and hundred of Totmonslow, in the county of Stafford, 1 mile to the E. of Lane End. The Adderleys, of Warwick, take their name from this hamlet. The North Staffordshire hounds meet here."

"CELLAR-HEAD, a hamlet in the parishes of Caverswall and Cheddleton, in the township of Hulme and Rownall, in the county of Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Cheadle."

 

"HULME, a township in the parish of Caverswall, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, county Stafford, 2 miles N.E. of Lane End, and 4 N. W. of Cheadle."

 

"WESTON-COYNEY, a township in the parish of Caverswall, N. division of Totmonslow hundred, county Stafford, 5 miles W. of Cheadle."

 

"WETLEY ROCKS, a village and chapelry in the parishes of Cheddleton and Caverswall, county Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Cheadle, and 2 S. of Cheddleton railway station. It is situated near the Uttoxeter canal, under Wetley Rocks, a ridge of lofty hills 150 feet high and extending three quarters of a mile. The principal seats are Wetley Abbey and Consall Hall. On Wetley Rocks is a colliery. The chapelry includes the hamlet of Cellarhead. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £50. The church is dedicated to St. John. The Methodists of the New Connexion have a chapel, and there is a National School."

  [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]