Sheriff Hales in 1872

SHERIFF-HALES, a township in Shiffnal district, Salop and Stafford, and a parish partly also in Newport district, Salop. The township lies 3 miles N by E of Shiffnal railway station; and has a post-office under Newport, Salop. Acres of the Salop portion, 2,513; of the Stafford 
portion, 2,873. Real propertv, £2,700 and £4,594. Pop. 166 and 650. Houses, 36 and 133. The parish contains also the chapelry of Woodcote, and comprises 6,639 acres. Pop. 966. Houses, 196.

The manor belongs to the Duke of Sutherland. Ironstone abounds, and there is a mineral spring. The living is a vicarage, with Woodcote chapelry, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £614. Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is tolerable. There are a chapel of ease at Woodcote, a Wesleyan chapel, and national schools. 

WOODCOTE, a chapelry in Sheriff-Hales parish, Salop; 2 miles SSE of Newport railway station. Post town, Newport, Salop. Real property, £1,953. Pop., 150. Houses, 27. The living is annexed to Sheriff-Hales.
 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]