Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SEIGHFORD

SEIGHFORD, a parish, with four villages, in the district and county of Stafford; 2½ miles N W of Stafford r.station. Post-town, Stafford. Acres, 4, 451. Real property, £6, 778. Pop., 808. Houses, 164. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to F. Eld, Esq. S. Hall is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £1 89.* Patron, F. Eld, Esq. The church is good; and there is a chapel, forming a separate charge, at Derrington. There are also a slightly endowed school, and charities £11.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with four villages"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Seighford AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Seighford

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