Marchington, Staffordshire

(Merchametone)

Historical Description

Marchington, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Hanbury parish, Staffordshire. The village stands adjacent to the river Dove and the boundary with Derbyshire, 3½ miles ESE of Uttoxeter, and has a station on the North Staffordshire railway and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Uttoxeter. The township comprises 2493 acres; population, 526. The living is a vicarage, with Marchington Woodlands, in the diocese of Lichfield; joint net value, £301 with residence. The church is an ancient brick edifice with a low tower, and contains a monument of 1592 to Sir Walter Vernon. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and three almshouses.

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.

Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Marchington

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Marchington from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Marchington)
• Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present, 1884

Maps

Online maps of Marchington 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)