Places in Hanbury in 1859

HANBURY

COTON, a township, in the parish of HANBURY, union of BURTON-UPON-TRENT, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 6 miles (S.E. by S.) from Uttoxeter; containing 72 inhabitants. William Wollaston, author of The Religion of Nature Delineated, was born here in 1650.

DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-CLAY, a township, in the parish of Hanbury, union of Uttoxeter, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 6 miles (S.E. by E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 431 inhabitants. The manor was included in the Conqueror's gift to Henry de Ferrers, and has for many ages been possessed by the noble family of Vernon. The village, which is scattered, lies on the Lichfield and 
Sudbury road, one mile west-by-north, of Hanbury. The tithes of the township, with those of Stubby-Lane and Moreton, have been commuted for £48 payable to the vicar, and £160 to the Bishop of Lichfield. In a meadow beyond Draycott mill are the ruins of an ancient 
mansion, surrounded by a moat. 

FAULD, a township, in the parish of Hanbury, union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 5 miles (S.E. by E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 56 inhabitants. This place is seated on a romantic terrace in Dovedale. Great quantities of white and variegated alabaster are got at a considerable depth below the surface here, for the use of china, earthenware, and Derbyshire-spar manufacturers, who employ it in making moulds; and some of the farmers have cheese-presses made of this beautiful stone. The hamlet is a mile north-east of the village of Hanbury. The tithes have been commuted for £80 payable to the vicar, and £40 to the Bishop of Lichfield. 

HANBURY-WOODEND, a township, in the parish of Hanbury, union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford; containing 311 inhabitants. It lies at the eastern extremity of the parish, and comprises 247 acres, with scattered houses. 

HOARCROSS, a hamlet, partly in the parish of Hanburv, but chiefly in that of Yoxhall, union of Lichfield, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Abbots-Bromley 3 containing 231 inhabitants. Hoarcross Hall was anciently the residence of the Willes family, and was rebuilt by its late possessor, Lord Scarsdale, who occupied it as a hunting-seat. 

MORETON, a hamlet, in the parish of HANBURY, union of BURTON-UPON-TRENT, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD; conaining 34 inhabitants. STUBBY-LANE, a hamlet, in the parish of HANBURY, union of BURTON, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (S.E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 137 inhabitants. 

STUBBY-LANE, a hamlet, in the parish of HANBURY, union of BURTON, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (S.E.) from Uttoxeter; containing 137 inhabitants. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]