In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakley like this:
OAKLEY, a township in Mucclestone parish, Stafford; on the river Tern and the Grand Junction canal, 2 miles N E of Drayton-in-Hales. Real property, £1, 269. Pop., 79. Houses, 14. Oakley Hall is the seat of John N. L. Chetwode, Bart.; and stands in a spacious parl .
Additional information about this locality is available for Mucklestone
Oakley through time
Oakley is now part of Newcastle under Lyme district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newcastle under Lyme has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oakley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakley, in Newcastle under Lyme and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24972
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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