In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dunston like this:
DUNSTON, a township-chapelry in Penkridge parish, Stafford; on the Grand Junction railway, near the Stafford and Worcester canal, 2¼ miles N by E of Penkridge. It has a post office under Stafford. Pop., 275. Houses, 58. The property is not much divided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £67.* Patron, Lord Hatherton. The church is good.
Dunston through time
Dunston is now part of South Staffordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Staffordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dunston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dunston in South Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8038
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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