Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HILDERSTONE

HILDERSTONE, a village and a chapelry in Stone parish, Stafford. The village stands 3½ miles ENE of Stone r. station, and has a post office under Stone. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Real property, £3, 448. Pop., 448. Houses, 90. Hilderstone Hall is the seat of J. Bourne, Esq. Shoemaking is a considerable occupation. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120.* Patron, J. Bourne, Esq. The church was built in 1833, and has a tower and spire.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stone CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Hilderstone

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