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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upper Tean like this:
TEAN, two hamlets and a chapelry in Checkley parish, Stafford. The hamlets are Lower T. and Upper T.; they lie on the river Tean, 2½ miles S by E of Cheadle, and 2½ N by W of Leigh r. station; and Upper T. has a post-office‡ under Stafford. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1,171. Houses, 282. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Checkley.
Upper Tean is now part of STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS District. Click here for graphs and data of how STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upper Tean itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upper Tean, in Staffordshire Moorlands and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24179
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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