Tixall in 1872

TIXALL, a parish; with a village, in the district and county of Stafford; 2 miles NW of Colwich railway station, and 4 E of Stafford. It has a post-office under Stafford. Acres, 2,352. Real property, £3,333. Pop., 289. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Tixall Hall was rebuilt about 1780, and has a Roman Catholic chapel. Excellent stone is quarried. Two barrows are on Tixall heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200. Patron, the Earl of Shrewsbury. The church is good; and there is a Church school. 
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[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]