Places in Newchapel in 1859

NEWCHAPEL

BRIERYHURST, or BREREHURST, a hamlet, in the parish of WOLSTANTON, union of WOLSTANTON and BURSLEM, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.) from Newcastle; containing 1518 inhabitants. This place comprises an area of 922 acres, and includes the eastern portion of Merecop, a rugged and lofty hill, dividing the counties of Stafford and Chester: the district is rich in mineral produce, and the hamlet contains mines of coal and iron-stone, which are extensively worked at Kidsgrove and the immediate vicinity, and in the adjoining hamlet of Ranscliff. Several blast furnaces for smelting iron-ore have been erected by Thomas Kinnersly, Esq. 

A very handsome church has been built and endowed by Mr. Kinnersly, capable of accommodating 400 persons; it has a tower, in which are a peal of six bells, and a clock; and nearly adjoining are a handsome parsonage and a school-house, erected by the same gentleman: they are all situated in a secluded spot, embosomed in woods, and have a picturesque appearance. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans

CHELL, a township, in the parish of WOLSTANTON, union of WOLSTANTON and BURSLEM, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 2 miles (N.E.) from Burslem; containing 737 inhabitants. It is divided into two townsteads, called Great 
and Little Chell, containing 740 acres: coal-mines are wrought on the confines. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists. The workhouse for the united parishes of Wolstanton and Burslem, lately erected here, is a fine capacious structure of gabled architecture. At Turnhurst, in the township James Brindley, the eminent canal engineer, died in 1772. 

STADMERSLOW, a township, in the parish of WOLSTANTON, union of WOLSTANTON and BURSLEM, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (N.) from Burslem; containing 309 inhabitants, located principally at the village of Harrisey-Head. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. 

WEDGWOOD, a township, in the parish of WOLSTANTON, union of WOLSTANTON and BURSLEM, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (N.E.) from Burslem; containing 132 inhabitants. This place, which comprises 431 acres of arable land, is supposed to have been originally the residence of the ancestors of the Wedgwood family, of whom several have been eminent for their improvements in the earthenware and porcelain manufacture.

 

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