Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD

WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Shiffnal and county of Stafford; on Watling-street, under Lizard hill, 5 miles NE of Shiffnal r. station. It has a post-office under Shiffnal. Acres, 2,398. Real property, £3,269. Pop., 275. Houses, 57. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to the Earl of Bradford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £453.* Patron, the Earl of Bradford The church is good. Charities, £25.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Weston under Lizard AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Weston under Lizard

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