Shareshill in 1872

SHARESHILL, a township and a parish in Penkridge district, Stafford. The township lies 2 miles SE of Four-Ashes railway station, and 5 NNE of Wolverhampton: and has a post-office under Wolverhampton. Pop., 295. Houses, 67. The parish contains also the township of Saredon, and comprises 1,985 acres. Real property, £5,653. Pop., 531. Houses, 118.

The property is much subdivided. Hilton Hall is a chief residence. There are two ancient camps. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £114. Patron, Lord Hatherton. The church is good; and there are a parochial school, and charities £6.

SAREDON, a township in Shareshill parish, Stafford; 4 miles SE of Penkridge. Real property, £5,653. Pop., 236. Houses, 51.

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]