Stafford St Chad in 1817

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

STAFFORD ST CHAD.

Stafford contains several edifices, the most remarkable of which is St. Mary's Church.
Besides the parish church of St. Mary's, Stafford contains another smaller Church, dedicated to St. Chadd. It is a very old neglected structure. The ancient mouldering tower of stone contains only one bell, and the body of the church was cased with brick in the year 1740, which quite destroyed its venerable appearance. The Rev. Henry Rathbone is minister of St. Chadd's.