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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waterfall like this:
WATERFALL, a parish, with two townships, in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford; 5 miles NE of Froghall r. station, and 7 SE of Leek. Post town, Leek, under Stoke-on-Trent. Acres, 1,530. Real property, £3,066. Pop., 533. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided. There are an iron foundry, and paper, tow, and corn mills. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £60. Patron, A. Henniker, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £7.
Waterfall 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 Waterfall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waterfall, in Staffordshire Moorlands and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8592
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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