Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRESSWELL

CRESSWELL, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Stafford; on the Grand Junction railway, 2 miles NW of Stafford. Acres, 800. Real property, £1, 363. Pop., 12. Houses, 2. Cresswell Hall is the seat of Capt. Whitby. The tract forms a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £20. Patron, Capt. Whitby.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Cresswell

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