Stowe-by-Chartley in 1859

STOWE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST), a parish, in the S. division of the hundred of PIREHILL, union, and N. division of the county, of STAFFORD, 7 miles (N.E. by E.) from Stafford; containing, with the townships of Amerton and Grindley, and part of the townships of Drointon, Great and Little Haywood, and Hixon, 1267 inhabitants, of whom 156 are in Stowe township.

The parish comprises 5008a.2r.3lp., and includes Chartley Hall, situated near the castle, which latter was built in 1220, by Ranulph Blunderville, Earl of Chester. Of the Chartley estate 2000 acres are extra-parochial, and the park, which is altogether uncultivated, is celebrated for its breed of wild cattle, the superiority of its venison, and the abundance of its black game. Chartley Moss, comprehending 100 acres, is prolific in cranberries.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £61; patron, Sir John Cave, Bart.; impropriator, John Fitzgerald, Esq. The church is an ancient building, the nave of which is separated from the chancel by a handsome arch, said to be Saxon; it contains an alabaster monument to Devereux, first Viscount Hereford, and his two wives, whose effigies are in a recumbent posture. The viscount, who was celebrated in the wars against France, in the reign of Henry VIII., resided and was buried here. There is a place of worship for Independents. 

An 1859 Gazetteer description of the following places in Stowe-by-Chartley is to be found on a supplementary page.

Amerton Grindley

 

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