In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hales like this:
HALES, a township and a chapelry in Drayton-in-Hales parish, Stafford. The township is united with BLOORE, which see. The chapelry lies adjacent to Salop, 2 ½ miles E of Market-Drayton r. station, and was constituted in 1856. Post town, Market-Drayton. Real property, £2, 599. Pop., 318. Houses, 63. The property is divided among a few. Hales Hall is the seat of the Rev. A. H. Buchanan. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £100. Patron, the Rev. A. H. Buchanan. The church was built in 1856. There is a national school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Market Drayton
Hales through time
Hales 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 Hales itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hales, in Newcastle under Lyme and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24148
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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