Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KINGSLEY

KINGSLEY, a village and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford. The village occupies a gentle eminence adjacent to the river Churnet and the Uttoxeter canal, ¾ of a mile W of Froghall r. station, and 2¾ NNE of Cheadle; is irregularly built; and has connexion with brass, copper, and colour works. The parish contains also the township of Whiston; and its post town is Cheadle, under Stafford. Acres, 4, 714. Real property, £6, 449; of which £783 are in mines and £141 in iron works. Pop. in 1851, 1, 565; in 1861, 2, 040. Houses, 428. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of ironstone mining operations. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to James Beech, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £350. * Patron, James Beech, Esq. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1821. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, -the latter rebuilt in 1863. There are also an endowed school with £53 a year, and other charities £21.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kingsley AP/CP       Cheadle RegD/PLU       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Kingsley

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