Norton-in-the-Moors in 1859

NORTON-ON-THE-MOORS (ST. JAMES), a parish, in the union of LEEK, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD; containing, with the township of Bemersley, 2891 inhabitants, of whom 2680 are in Norton township, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Hanley. The parish comprises 4012 acres, of which 45 are common or waste; it is a bleak and hilly tract, abounding with coal, and intersected by the Caldon canal.

The living is a rectory not in charge; net income, £375; patron and incumbent, Rev. G. B. Wildig. The church, rebuilt in 1738, is a plain brick edifice, with a square tower at the west end. 

BERMERSLEY, a township, in the parish of NORTON-ON-THE-MOORS, union of LEEK, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL, and of the county of STAFFORD, 6 miles (N.N.E.) from Newcastle-under-Line; containing 211 inhabitants.

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]