In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rudyard like this:
RUDYARD, a township in Leek parish, Stafford; adjacent to the Churnet Valley railway, and to the reservoir of the Uttoxeter canal, 2½ miles N W of Leek. It has a station on the railway . Real property, £1, 358. Pop., 94. Houses, 14. The manor belongs to the Earl of Macclesfield. The canal reservoir is 2 miles long, and from 200 to 300 feet wide.
Rudyard through time
Rudyard 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 Rudyard itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rudyard in Staffordshire Moorlands | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8492
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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