Endon, Longsdon and Stanley in 1817

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

ENDON, LONGSDON & STANLEY.

Endon, including Longdon and Stanley, is a large township in the parish of Leek. The village of Endon is about four miles south-west of Leek, and the lower part of it is situated on the turnpike-road, between that town and Newcastle; the upper part comprising some handsome houses.

The church is situated on a hill near the road. A considerable part of this township is hilly, yet fertile and well-inclosed. The Church is a modern structure of stone, the top of the walls adorned with battlements; the roof is flat, and the square tower is of stone. It is a chapel of ease to Leek, and the present curate, the Rev. John Salt, of Burslem, in the Potteries.

Longevity. - The following instance of longevity is inscribed on a tomb-stone in Endon church-yard: "Thomas Plant died June 18th, 1754, aged 99 years."

Another monument bears this singular inscription: "Beneath lie the remains of William Murhall, Esq. of Bagnall, who died the 4th of Jan. 1762, aged 66 years. Part of what I possessed is left to others, and what I gave away remains with me."