Ellenhall in 1817

Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

ELLENHALL

Ellenhall is situated about two miles to the north-west of Ronton. The village consists of several good modern houses, in an elevated situation, on each side of the turnpike-road between Stafford and Eccleshall. The parish is but small, and is chiefly remarkable for containing the manor-house of the ancient family of the Noels, from whom it devolved by marriage to the Harcourts. 

The Church of Ellenhall is a small modern structure, situated in a field on the highest part of the eminence near the village. The nave and tower are built of brick, and the chancel of stone. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and is a curacy : the Rev. William Hicken, jun. is the present minister. 

The soil of this parish, and the circumjacent country in general, is a strong marly loam, on a deep marl bottom, in some places inclined to gravel. This parish contains 47 houses, 49 families ; 127 males, 124 females: total of persons, 251.