Haughton in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"HAUGHTON, a parish in the W. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 4 miles S.W. of Stafford. It is a station on the Shrewsbury and Stafford railway. The parish is situated on the road from Stafford to Newport, in one of the most fertile districts of the county. The village is a small place, containing several very old houses surrounded by moats. At High Offley, in this neighbourhood, Offa the Dane is said to have lived.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £403. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is an ancient structure, built partly of brick and partly of stone, with a tower. It has recently been enlarged and ornamented at the expense of the rector. The charities produce about £2 per annum. Francis Eld, Esq., is lord of the manor. In the vicinity is a Danish barrow."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]