Mucklestone in 1817

Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

MUCKLESTONE (MUCCLESTONE).

Mucclestone is a parish and village in Pirehill North, situated on a rising ground about one mile from Blore-heath. In 1085 the manor was held by Kenning, one of the Tanes, and subsequently by the Morgans, till the reign of Elizabeth, one of whom sold it to Thomas Offley, Knt. Lord Mayor of London, in 1556. It is now the property of Lord Crewe. 

The Church is ancient, and dedicated to St. Mary : it has a lofty square tower, from which Queen Margaret is said to have beheld the obstinate struggle at Blore-heath, which was so fatal to her cause. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of Lord Crewe. The Rev. Offley Crewe is rector, and the Rev. A. B. Haden, jun. curate. 

Mucclestone parish contains 149 houses, 148 families; 388 males, 384 females : total of inhabitants 772.