Places in Uttoxeter in 1872

UTTOXETER

CRACKMARSH, or Crakemarsh, a constablewick in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; on the river Dove, 2 miles N of Uttoxeter. It belonged, before the Conquest, to Earl Algar; and passed to the Ferrerses, the Verdons, the Berghershes, and others.

CREIGHTON, a constablewick in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford: 2 miles NNW of Uttoxeter. Real property, £1,517.

LOXLEY, a liberty in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; 2 miles SW of Uttoxeter. Real property, £2,706. The manor, with Loxley Hall, belongs to the Kynnersley family. Robin Hood is said to have been a native, and to have had here one of his forest haunts.

SPATH, a hamlet in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; 2 miles N of Uttoxeter.

STRAMSHALL, a chapelry in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; 1 mile NNW of Uttoxeter railway station. It was constituted in 1854. Post town, Uttoxeter, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Pop., 332. Houses, 71. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £128. Patron, the Vicar of Uttoxeter.

WOODGATE, a hamlet in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; near Uttoxeter.

 

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