Places in Clifton Campville in 1868

CLIFTON CAMPVILLE

"HARLASTON, a chapelry in the parish of Clifton Campville, N. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 4 miles from Tamworth, its post town, and 1 mile from the Haselour railway station. The village is situated on the road from Grantham to Melton, and the Grantham and Nottingham canal passes through the parish. The ancient manor-house has been taken down and rebuilt. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1795.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £420. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is a small structure with wooden belfry. The interior contains some stained-glass windows. The register dates from 1693. There is a school for both sexes, built by the rector. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The charities produce about £4 per annum for the poor."

"HAUNTON, a township in the parish of Clifton Campville, N. division of the hundred of Offlow, county Stafford, 1 mile W. of Clifton Campville, and 4 miles N.E. of Tamworth. It is situated on the river Mease, near the borders of the counties Leicester and Derby."

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