A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MARCHINGTON-WOODLANDS, a township-chapelry in Hanbury parish, Stafford; 2 miles SSW of Marchington r. station, and 3½ SE of Uttoxeter. Posttown, Uttoxeter, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Acres, 2,550. Real property, £3,855. Pop., 339. Houses, 64. There are two manors, Houndhill and Smallwood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £95. Patron, T. T. Webb, Esq. The church was built in 1860; stands on an eminence, among richly wooded scenery; is in the geometric decorated style: comprises nave, chancel, side chapels, and octangular vestry; and has a NW tower, with lofty broach spire.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hanbury CP/AP Marchington Woodlands CP/Tn Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Marchington |
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