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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ALLSTONEFIELD, or Allstonfield, a village, a township, and a parish on the NE border of Staffordshire, contiguous to Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Dove, 8 miles NNW of Ashborne r. station; and has a post office under Ashborne. The township contains also the hamlet of Stanshope and a workhouse; and is in the district of Ashborne. Acres, 2,700. Real property, £4,488. Pop., 651. Houses, 140. The parish contains also the townships of Heathylee, Quarnford, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Fairfieldhead, Warslow, and Elkstone, in the district of Leek. Acres, 21,860. Real property, £19,824. Pop., 4,117. Houses, 917. The property is divided among a few. Coal, lead ore, and copper are worked. Isaac Walton indulged his angling propensities here, with his friend Cotton of Beresford Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300.* Patron, Sir John Crewe, Bart. The church is a beautiful structure in early English style, with a pinnacled tower. The p. curacies of Quarnford, Longnor, Warslow, and Elkstone are separate benefices. Charities, £54.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Alstonfield AP/CP Derbyshire AncC Staffordshire AncC |
| Place names: | ALLSTONEFIELD | ALLSTONEFIELD OR ALLSTONFIELD | ALLSTONFIELD |
| Place: | Alstonfield |
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