In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hanbury like this:
HANBURY, a village and a parish in Burton-upon-Trent district, and a parish partly also in Uttoxeter district, Stafford. The village stands on an eminence near the river Dove and the boundary with Derby, 2½ miles SSE of Sudbury r. station, and 6 NW by W of Burton-upon-Trent; commands a pleasant view of the heights of Derbyshire; and has a post office under Burton-upon-Trent. ...
The township comprises 3, 195 acres. Pop., 543. Houses, 114. The parish contains also the townships of Newborough, Hanbury-Woodend, Coton, Fauld, Marchington, Marchington-Woodlands, and Draycott-in-the-Clay. Acres, 12, 112. Real property, £6, 6 71. Pop., 2, 638. Houses, 549. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Lichfield. A nunnery was founded here, about 680, by Ethelred, King of Mercia, and put under the government of his sister, St. Werburgh, who was buried and enshrined in it; but, on the invasion of the Danes in 875, her body was removed to Chester, and the nunnery was destroyed. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £362. * Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient, with a tower; was restored in 1849; and the chancel was rebuilt in 1862, and has a memorial window to the late Prince Consort. The vicarages of Newborough, Marchington, and Marchington-Woodlands are separate benefices. There are a national school, an endowed school with £36, and other charities with £123.
Hanbury through time
Hanbury is now part of East Staffordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Staffordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hanbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hanbury in East Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8103
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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