Patshull in 1872

PATSHULL, a parish in the district of Shiffnall and county of Stafford; adjacent to Salop, 3 miles S of Albrighton railway station, and 7 W by N of Wolverhampton. Post-town, Pattingham, under Wolverhampton. Acres, 1,850. Real property, with Pattingham, £13,136. Rated property of Patshull alone, £2,925. Pop. in 1851, 112; in 1861, 104. Houses, 27.

The property, with Patshull House, belonged once to the Astleys, passed to the Pigots, and belongs now to the Earl of Dartmouth. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £80. Patron, the Earl of Dartmouth. The church is good.

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