Ranton in 1868

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

"RANTON, (or Ronton), a parish in the S. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 5 miles W. of Stafford, its post town, and 4 S.E. of Eccleshall. It comprises Hextall, Brough Hall, and 3 other hamlets. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, value £93. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parochial charities produce about £1 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Earl of Lichfield is lord of the manor, and has a shooting box near Ranton Abbey ruins.

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Ranton is to be found on a supplementary page.

Brough Hall Hextalls Long Compton Park-Nook Woodside

 

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