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Cresswell, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Cresswell, a parish in Staffordshire, 2 miles NW of Stafford. Acreage, 828; population, 56. Cresswell Hall, the seat of the Meakin family, who are lords of the manor, is a handsome mansion, situated in an extensive park, in which are the ruins of an ancient chapel. The living forms a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Lichfield.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyStaffordshire 
HundredPirehill 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cresswell from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Staffordshire is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictStaffordshire Moorlands
CountyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtST11
Post TownStoke-On-Trent

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