Rushton Spencer in 1859

RUSHTON-SPENCER, a chapelry, in the parish and union of LEEK, N. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.W. by N.) from Leek; containing in the township 350 inhabitants, several of whom are engaged in the spinning of cotton.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £91 ; patron, Vicar of Leek. The chapel, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a small stone building. 

RUSHTON-JAMES, a township, in the chapelry of RUSHTON-SPENCER, parish and union of LEEK, N. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.W.) from Leek; containing 304 inhabitants. 

 

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