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Piilehill HUNDRED 212 PIIlEHILL HUNDRED. Pirehi11, one of the niost populous and largest of the five hundreds or Staffordshire, ·is as remarkable for the fertility of its soil, for the "beauty and diversity of its scenery, and the number and beauty of its seats of nobility and gentry, as it is for the extent and importance of its manufactures of ~hina and earthenware, in the long chain of towns and vi1lages called the Potteries; aml of shoes at Stafford and Stone. It is about 2ts miles in length, and from 8 to 15 in breadth, and is bounded on the north-east by Totmonslow, on the east by Offiow, on the south by Cuttlestone Hundred. and on the west and north-west by Shropshire and Cheshire. The Trent xises at its northern extremity, and flows through it in a south-easterly direction, passing the IJoble seats of Trentham, Ingestre, Sbngborough, and Wolseley; ancl nearly parallel with that river ruuf', the Trent and Mer­ sey CanRl, which has branches to Stafford, Newcastle, &c. This large Hundred is also traversed by the North Staffordshire and the Grand June­ ( or Birmingham and Liverpool) Railways, which have several branches. ]t includes the boroughs of Stoke-upon-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lymet and part of Stafford; and is divided into 43 parishes which comprise about; 150 hamlets, liberties, and townships, and many chapelries or district pa­ rishes. Besides Stoke, StRfford, and Newcastle, it has seven other market towns, viz. :-Burslem, Tnnstall, Hanley and Shelton, Longton, Stone, Ec~ «lleshall, and Abbot's Bromley. It is divided into North and South Divi­ sions, and is all in the Northem Parliamentm·y Division qf Stajfo1·dshiret in the Diocese of Licltfield, .tl.rchdeaconry of Stn.fford, and Deaneries of New­ castle and Stone. Pirehill Hundred was assessed to the property tax in 1815, at the RnnnRl rental of £355,882, but it is now assessed at a much larger amount. Its PoPULATION has increased rapidly during the last half «lentury-amouuting in 1801 to 64,946; in 1831 to .ll9,051 ; in 1841 to 138,007; and in 1851 to more than 150,000 souls. The great bulk of this­ augmentation has occurred in the three parishes of Burslem, Stoke-upon­ Trent, and Wolstanton, which include the Potteries, and increased tbeir­ Jlopulation from 27,659 in 1801 to 79,008 souls in 1841. The following ~numeration of the parishes, townships, hamlets, &c., in each division of Firehill Hundred, shews their territorial extent, and their population in 184J. The pm·ish names are printed in italics. ~Those marked thus* are in the Parliamentary Borough of Stoke-upon- Trent, which includes nearly all the Potteries, and in 1841 had 67,798 inhabitants, of whom 32,938 were males and 34,860 females. NORTH DIVISION. J .Acres. Pop • .Acres. Pop. 8 Biddulph parish • • • • • • • • 5530 ••• 2314 10 .Adbaston parish ••••••• 5330 .. - 3 Burslem parish ••••• , • , 2930 .. 10 Adbaston, with •••• ~ •• 39 3 Burslem township• • • • .12,631 10 Knighton ......... .f •• 137 3 Hulton Abbey........ •• 548 10 Bishop's Offiey ••• .. • • • • 201 3 Rnsllton Grange•..... .. 1584 10 Flashhrook.. .•••••••• • • 109 3 Sneyd• ............... • • 1328 · 10 Tunstall • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 124 9 Dray ton li'Ikt. (part ofJ 9 .Ashley parish ••••••••••• 2600 • • 853 9 Almingtou ••••••••.•• } 6200 •• 189 4 .Audle11 parish ••••••••••• 8140 ••• - 9 Bloore and Ha~es • • • • • 561 4 Audley • • • • • • ••••••••• •• 934 1 Er.cleshall parish. 4 Bignall-End • • • • • .. • .. 517 1 Aspley •.•••••••••••••• 540 ••• 84 4 Eardley·End • • • •• • • • • • 147 1 Bromley •••••••••••••• , 1080 •• 33 4: Ha1mer... End • • • • • •••• • • 907 1 Broughton • • • • • • • • • • • 690 •• 17 .(Knowl-End........... • • 270 1 Charnes.. ••• •• •• •• •••• 570 •• 98 4 Park-Enrl. ••••••• •••••• • • 68 1 Chatcull • • • • • • • • • • • • • 630 •• 68 4 Talk-o'-th'-Hill • •••••• • • 1611 4 Chorlton and ••••••• ~ 1660 •• 243 -4 Barthomley (part of) • • • • • Chorltt~n Hill ........ .f •• 122 4 Balterley •••••••••••••• 1020 • • 316 1 Colcimeece. ••••• ••••• 1470 •• :16. 4 Betley parish ••••••••••• 1480 • • 8ti4 1 Cotes •••••••• ••••.. ••••• 820 ••• 32S. .
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