Hamstall Ridware in 1872

 
HAMSTALL-RIDWARE, a village and a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford. The village stands on the river Blyth, 2 miles N of Armitage railway station, and 4 E by N of Rugeley; and has a post-office under Rugeley. The parish includes also the hamlets of Nethertown, Rough-Park, Hay-End, Sandborough, and part of Olive-Green. Acres, 2,934. Real property, £4,305. Pop., 440. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few.

The old manor-house has an ancient gateway and a watch-tower, and is now a farm-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, Lord Leigh. The church is ancient but good; has a tower and spire; and contains monuments of the Cottons, the Combermeres, and the Egertons. There are a national school, and charities £42. 

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

• Hay-End
• Nethertown
• Rough-Park
• Sandborough

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