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DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-MOORS, a village and a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford. The village stands near the river Tean, 1 mile NNE of Cresswell r. station, and 2¼ SW by S of Cheadle; and has a post office, of the name of Draycott, under Stafford. The parish includes also the villages of Totmonslow and Cresswell. Acres, 3, 690. Real property, £5, 135. Pop., 451. Houses, 89. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £452.* Patron, Sir E. Vavasour, Bart. The church, ancient but good, contains some old monuments. A Danish stone is in the churchyard. Charities, £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Draycott in the Moors Parish Cheadle Poor Law Union/Registration District Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Draycott in the Moors |
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