In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Denstone like this:
DENSTON, a township-chapelry in Alton parish, Stafford; near Rocester-Junction r. station, 5 miles N of Uttoxeter. Post town, Rocester, under Ashborne. Real property, £1, 489. Pop., 241. Houses, 53. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £150. Patron, Sir T. P. Heywood, Bart. A great middle-class school or college was founded in 1869.
Denstone through time
Denstone is now part of East Staffordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Staffordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Denstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Denstone in East Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8025
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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