Longsdon
LONGSDON, a township, in the parish and union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 1¾ mile (W. by S.) from Leek; containing 405 inhabitants. This is a township of scattered houses, and includes the lofty ridge called Ladder-Edge.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.