Grindon in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"GRINDON, a parish in the N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, county Stafford, 7 miles S.E. of Leek; its post town, and 8 N.W. of Ashbourne. It is situated between the rivers Manifold and Hamps, and includes the hamlets of Deepdale, Ford, Hillsdale, and Martinslow. The land is arable and pasture, with a small tract of common. Limestone is quarried. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £372.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £314. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice with tower and spire, the latter of an octagon form. There is a good rectory house, built in 1834. The parochial charities consist of £28 annually to the free school founded in 1724, and about £16, arising chiefly from land, for the benefit of the poor. There is a National school in union with the free school."

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Grindon is to be found on a supplementary page.

• Deepdale
• Ford
• Hillsdale
• Martinslow

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]