Kingsley in 1872

KINGSLEY, a village and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford, The village occupies a gentle eminence adjacent to the river Churnet and the Uttoxeter canal, 1 mile W of Froghall railway station, and 3 NNE of Cheadle; is irregularly built; and has connexion with brass, copper, and colour works.

The parish contains also the township of Whiston; and its post-town is Cheadle, under Stafford. Acres, 4,714. Real property, £6,449; of which £783 are in mines and £141 in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 1,565; in 1861, 2,040. Houses, 428. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of ironstone mining operations. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to James Beech, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value, £350. Patron, James Beech, Esq. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1321. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, the latter rebuilt in 1863. There are also an endowed school with £53 a-year, and other charities £21. 

WHISTON, a township, with two hamlets, in Kingsley parish, Stafford; 4 miles NE of Cheadle. It has a post-office under Stafford. Real property, £2,536; of which £141 are in ironworks. Pop., 708. Houses, 137. The manor has belonged since 1380 to the Giffards.

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]