Forsbrook, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Forsbrook, a township in Dilhorne parish, and an ecclesiastical parish in Dilhorne and Stone parishes, Staffordshire. The township lies near Blyth Bridge station on the North Staffordshire railway, 3 miles WSW of Cheadle. The township includes the hamlet of Blyth Marsh. Post town and money order office, Blyth Bridge, under Stoke-upon-Trent; telegraph office, at the railway station. The ecclesiastical parish comprises nearly all the township, includes only a small part of Stone parish, and was constituted in 1849. Population, 1228. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, —£266 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is modern. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Forsbrook from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Forsbrook)

Maps

Online maps of Forsbrook are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Villages, Hamlets, &c