Swynnerton in 1868

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

"SWINNERTON, a parish in the N. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Stone, its post town, and 1 mile W. of the Standon station on the London and North-Western railway. The village is near the river Sow. The parish comprises the townships of Acton, Hatton, Shelton, Yarnfield, Millstone Green, and Stableford.

It was formerly a market town, and belonged to the Saxon kings. In the reign of Henry VIII. it came to the Swinnertons, and from them to the Fitzherberts. The Staffordshire hounds meet in this parish. The surface is hilly, and the soil generally gravelly. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £1,070.

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is old, and contains effigies of the Swinnertons, and a colossal figure of the Saviour pointing to the wound in his side, which was discovered buried at a short distance from its present situation. The parochial charities produce about £9 per annum. There is a charity school for both sexes. The Roman Catholics have a chapel in Swinnerton Park. The principal residence is Swinnerton Hall, situated near the church. The park extends over an area of about 1,000 acres. J. Fitzherbert, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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

Acton Beech Hatton Millstone Green Stableford Yarnfield

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