In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Meerbrook like this:
MEERBROOK, a chapelry in Leek parish, Stafford; on the river Churnet, under the Roaches, 3 miles N by E of Leek r. station, and 3½ S of the boundary with Cheshire. It was constituted in 1859; and its posttown is Leek, under Stoke-on-Trent. Rated property, £4,785. Pop., 553. Houses, 111. ...
The property is much subdivided. The Churnet's valley here, for a length of about 2 miles, is flanked by stupendous mural masses of rock, and strewn with their fallen fragments. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120. * Patron, the Vicar of Leek. The church has a tower, and is good. There are an endowed school with £19 a year, and charities £15.
Meerbrook through time
Meerbrook is now part of Staffordshire Moorlands district. Click here for graphs and data of how Staffordshire Moorlands has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Meerbrook itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Meerbrook in Staffordshire Moorlands | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21535
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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