Gratwich in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"GRATWICH, a parish in the S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, county Stafford, 4 miles S.W. of Uttoxeter, its post town. The Bramshall station on the North Staffordshire line of railway is 2 miles N.E. of the village, which consists of a few farmhouses. A small stream flowing into the Trent passes through the parish. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £100 3s.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £123. The church is a small brick structure with a wooden tower, dedicated to St. Mary. The Earl of Shrewsbury is lord of the manor."

 

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