Places in Stowe-by-Chartley in 1868

STOWE-BY-CHARTLEY

"AMERTON, a township in the parish of Stowe, hundred of South Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 5 miles to the N.E. of Stafford."

"DROINTON, a township in the parishes of Stowe and Colwich, in the county of Stafford, 5 miles N.W. of Abbots Bromley."

"GREAT and LITTLE HAYWOOD, townships in the parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 5 miles E. of Stafford. They are situated on the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, and comprise the hamlets of Swanmoor and Mount Priory.

"GRINDLEY, a township in the parish of Stowe, county Stafford, 4 miles S.W. of Uttoxeter."

"HIXON, a township in the parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 6 miles N.E. of Stafford. The village, which is considerable, is situated near the river Trent. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £60, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is modern."

"MOUNT PRIORY, a hamlet in the township of Little Haywood, parishes of Colwich and Stowe, county Stafford, 5 miles S.E. of Stafford. It is situated near the river Trent and Grand Trunk canal."

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