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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hoar Cross like this:
HOARCROSS, a township in Yoxhall and Hanbury parishes, Stafford; 4¼ miles SE of Abbots-Bromley. Real property, £2, 170. Pop., 251. Hoarcross Hall was anciently the seat of the Willes family; was rebuilt by Lord Scardale, and occupied by him as a hunting seat; and passed to H. Ingram, Esq.
Hoar Cross is now part of EAST STAFFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST STAFFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hoar Cross itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hoar Cross, in East Staffordshire and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24154
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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