Maer in 1868

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

"MAER, a parish in the N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 6 miles S.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and 14 N.W. of Stafford. The Whitmore station on the London and North-Western railway is about 2 miles N. of the village. The parish includes the hamlets of Maer Heath and Maerway Lane. The former was until recently an extensive rugged moor, but has been partially enclosed and planted. There is a lake of about 25 acres in extent, the source of the river Tern, a tributary of the Severn. There are two sandstone quarries, which are worked for rough building. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £45, and the ministerial for £160.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £160. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a stone edifice with an embattled tower, standing on the side of a well-wooded hill, and mostly rebuilt in 1610. The register commences in 1558. The parochial charities produce about £11 per annum. William Davenport, Esq., is lord of the manor. Maer Hall, the family seat of the Davenports, is the principal residence."

"MAERWAY LANE, a hamlet in the parish of Maer, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, as above,"

 

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