ROSLISTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby; 2¾ miles W S W of Gresley r. station, and 4½ S by W of Burton-upon-Trent. It has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent. Acres, 1, 197. Real property, £2, 556. Pop., 382. Houses, 85. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir H. M. Desvœux, Bart. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200.* Patron, the Rev. J. Sutton. The church is good, and has a spire. There are a Baptist chapel and a parochial school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))