Weston-under-Lizard in 1859

WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD (ST. ANDREW), a parish, in the union of SHIFFNALL, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of 
STAFFORD, 5 miles (N.E. by E.) from Shiffnall; containing 297 inhabitants.

This place takes the adjunct to its name from Lizard, a hill in Shropshire, to distinguish it from Weston-upon-Trent. The parish comprises about 2370 acres, of which 942 are arable, 1143 meadow and pasture, and the remainder woodland and roads. 

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6.7.8., and in the gift of the Earl of Bradford: the tithes have been commuted for £335, and the glebe comprises 93 acres. The church is in the Norman style, with later additions.

 

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