Lapley in 1859

LAPLEY (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union of PENKRIDGE, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Penkridge; containing, with the chapelry of Wheaton-Aston, 952 inhabitants.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5.12.8.; net income, £124; patron and impropriator, S. Swinfen, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £300, and the vicarial for £200, and the glebe comprises 22 acres.

In 1669, Joan Scutt gave £10 per annum for instruction. Here was anciently a priory of Black monks, subordinate to the abbey of St. Remigius at Rheims: all that now remains is the church, a large fabric, with a noble tower.

An 1859 Gazetteer description of the following place in Lapley is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Wheaton Aston

 

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