Endon, Longsdon and Stanley in 1872

ENDON, a township and a chapelry in Leek parish, Stafford. The township lies on the river Churnet, and on the Leek railway, 4 miles SW of Leek; is a conjoint township with Longsdon and Stanley; and has a post-office under Stoke-on-Trent, and a railway station. Real property of Endon alone, £1,389; of Longsdon, £3,517; of Stanley, £648. Pop. of the whole, 1,241. Houses, 261.

The chapelry is co-extensive with the conjoint township; and is sometimes called Endover. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £110. Patron, the Earl of Macclesfield. The church has a pinnacled tower. 

LONGSDON, a township in Leek parish, Stafford; 2 miles WSW of Leek. Real property, £3,517; of which £15 are in quarries. Pop., 405.

STANLEY, a hamlet in Leek parish, Stafford; 5 miles WSW of Leek. Pop., 122.

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