Weston-under-Lizard in 1872

WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Shiffnal and county of Stafford; on Watling-street, under Lizard hill, 5 miles NE of Shiffnal railway station. It has a post-office under Shiffnal. Acres, 2,398. Real property, £3,269. Pop., 275. Houses, 57.

The manor, with Weston Hall, belongs to the Earl of Bradford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £453. Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The church is good. Charities, £25. 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]