Rolleston in 1859

ROLLESTON (St. MARY), a parish, in the union of BURTON-UPON-TRENT, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (N.N.W.) from Burton; containing, with Anslow township, 797 inhabitants, of whom 519 are in the township of Rolleston. The parish is situated on the river Dove, and comprises by measurement 1196 acres, of which 199 are arable, 915 meadow and pasture, 56 wood and osier-beds, and 26 roads and waste; the soil of the high lands is a strong loam, and of the lower rich pasture; the scenery is pleasingly diversified, and enriched with wood. Petty sessions are held every Monday.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13.19.7.; net income, £664.5 patron, Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A free school was founded about 1520, by Robert Sherbourne, Bishop of Winchester, who endowed it with an annuity of £10, to which subsequent benefactions have been added, producing together £37 a year. A school for girls, and an infants' school, are supported by subscription; and there are ten almshouses called the Hospital, for aged people, endowed in 1672, by Mr. Rolleston. 

ANSLOW, or ANNESLEY, a township, in the parish of ROLLESTON, union of BURTON-UPON-TRENT, N. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles ( N.W. by W.) from Burton containing 278 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. 

 

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