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.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Leek CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Meerbrook |
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