Places in Trentham in 1868

TRENTHAM

"BUTTERTON, a township in the parish of Trentham, hundred of Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles to the S. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The North Staffordshire railway, on which Trentham is a station, passes near this place. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, in the gift of Sir W. and Lady Pilkington. Butterton Hall is the seat of the Pilkingtons."

"CLAYTON-GRIFFITH, a township in the parish of Trentham, in the northern division of the hundred of Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 3 miles W. of Lane End."

"HANCHURCH, a township in the parish of Trentham, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 3 miles S. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and 1 S.W. of Trentham. It is situated on an eminence near the Grand Trunk canal."

"HANDFORD, a village and township in the parish of Trentham, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 1 mile N. of Trentham, its post town, and 2 miles S. of Stoke-on-Trent. The village, which is large, is situated near the Grand Trunk canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £140. The register dates from 1828."

"HANFORD, a chapelry in the parish of Trentham, county Stafford, 2 miles S. of Stoke-upon-Trent. It is situated near the Grand Trunk canal. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £140. Trentham Hall is the property of the Duke of Sutherland."

 

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