Yoxall in 1868

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

"YOXALL, a parish in the N. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 7 miles N.E. of Lichfield, and 5 N.E. of the Armitage railway station. The village is situated on the road from Buxton to Bath, and is watered by the Swarborn brook, falling into the Trent about a mile eastward. The parish, part of which has been enclosed from Needwood Forest, contains the hamlets of Hadley End, Hoarcross, Longcroft, Morrey, Olive Green, Woodmill, Wood Lane, and Woodhouses. The principal seats in the neighbourhood are Hoarcross Hall, Yoxall Lodge in the vale of Linbrook, and Longcroft Hall. There is a savings-bank in the village, and the manufactures of tape and nails are carried on.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £508, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The Roman Catholics have a chapel at Wood Lane, with school attached. There are also free and National schools. The charities produce about £180 per annum, including the school endowment and a bequest of £50 for six clergymen's widows. Lord Leigh is lord of the manor."

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

Hadley End Hoarcross Morrey Olive-Green

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