A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NORMICOTT, a liberty in Stone parish, and a chapelry partly also in Trentham parish, Stafford. The liberty-lies among the Potteries, contiguous to the S W side of Longton, near Longton r. station; contains Meir-Lane, Meir-Furnace, and Meir-Heath; and carries on the manufacture of earthenware and porcelain. Post-town, Longton, under Stoke-on-Trent. Real property, £2, 521; of which £43 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 961; in 1861, 1,011. Houses, 194. The manor belongs to the Duke of Sutherland; and there are water-works, formed at the Duke's expense. The chapelry excludes part of the liberty; and was constituted in 1852. Pop. in 1861, 1,097. Houses, 204. Pop. of the Stone portion, 930. Houses, 177. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £122.* Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church was built in 1847; and is a stone edifice, with a bell-turret. There are chapels for Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Trentham AP/CP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Normacot |
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