Tipton in 1859

TIPTON (ST. MARTIN), a parish, in the union of DUDLEY, S. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 1 mile (N.E.) from Dudley; containing 18,891 inhabitants. This place, called sometimes Tibbington, is situated nearly in the centre of a rich mining district, and has risen progressively from an inconsiderable village to its present extent and importance, from the abundant and apparently exhaustless mines of coal and iron-stone under almost every acre of its surface.

The district is within the jurisdiction of a court of requests for the recovery of debts not exceeding £5; and a court leet is held annually by the lord of the manor, at which officers are regularly appointed for its internal regulation. The parish comprises 2095a.2r.7p., of which the greater portion is arable; the surface is greatly diversified, and the river Trent has its source within a few hundred yards of the western boundary.

There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Primitive Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, and Wesleyans; and several national schools are supported by subscription, and the proceeds of a bequest of £650, by Mr. Solomon Woodhall, in 1796, for the foundation and endowment of a school, to which subsequent benefactions have been added. Mr. Sheldon bequeathed £40 per annum, to be distributed in bread to poor widows not receiving parochial relief. 

 

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