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A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1996.

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Index A-J

NOTE. Page numbers in bold-face type are those of the principal reference. A page number in italic denotes an illustration on that page. A page number followed by n is a reference only to the footnotes on that page.

Abbott: Fra., Mark, A'Court, Wm. Pierce Ashe, Adam the smith, Adams: Fred, Fred, s. of last, Fred, grds. of first, John, Ralph, Adams & Green, Adams Foods Ltd. (formerly Adams Butter Ltd. and Adams Dairies (Wholesale)), Adderley: Isabel, m. Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, Ralph, Wm., Adsetts, Joan, Adstock (Bucks.), Agarde, Edw., agriculture, see farming airfields, Alcock: John, John, s. of John, John, s. of Wm., Peter, Solomon, Thos., Wm., Alexander (locksmith, fl. 1340), Alexander, Wm., Alfgar, earl of Mercia, Allen: John, and his w., Wm., Alsop: Jas., and his w. Adelina, Jas. (?another), John (fl. 1720-1), John (fl. 1870), Rob., Alstonefield ancient parish, inc., map, mining, par. govt., Alstonefield and Wetton nursing association, Alstonefield civil parish (including Alstonefield township), agric., Anglo-Saxon remains, Archford moor, bands, Beresford (formerly in Fawfieldhead), Beresford Cottage, Beresford Dale, Beresford Hall, plate fishing ho., plate man., Beresford Lane, bridges: Archford bridge, Lode bridge, Viator's bridge, plate chars., cheese factory, choral soc., ch., plates clergy, and see Aston; Bagshawe; Croft; Dewe; Paddy; Parr; Ralph; Simpson; Story; Whitaker guild, vicarage hos., dispensary, electricity, farms, friendly socs., Gateham, Gateham Grange, geol., Gipsy Lane, Gratton Hill, Hall (formerly Stanshope) Dale, Hope, Hopedale, horticultural shows, ind., see Alstonefield civil parish: quarrying inns, libr., local hist. soc., Lode, Lode Lane, man., man. hos., manorial govt., steward, map, Memorial Hall and Community Centre, Mill Dale, Milldale, mills, plate Millway Lane, Narrowdale, man., Narrowdale Hill, pinfold, place names, poor relief, workho., plate pop., post office, prehist. remains, prot. nonconf., quarrying, Rakes, reading room, rectory, schs., sheep sales, sport, Stanshope, Stanshope Hall, plates Stanshope Dale, see Alstonefield civil parish: Hall Dale Steep Low, tithe barn, wake, water supplies, Westside, Wolfscote Dale, Women's Inst., workho., see Alstonefield civil parish: poor relief Alstonefield forest (Malbank Frith, Malbon forest), Alstonefield Gilbert Union, Alstonefield Hayes, see Fawfieldhead Alstonefield township, see Alstonefield civil parish Alstonfield Dairy Association, Alton, constablewick, Cotton, man. ct., Alward (Domesday tenant), Amalgamated Society of Silk Twisters, Amalgamated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades, Amblecote, Anabaptists, see Baptists Anchor Housing Association, Anderson, Jos., Rom. Cath. priest, angling, Anglo-Saxon remains, crosses, Anti-Corn Law League, Antrobus: Crawfurd, Sir Edmund, Bt., Gibbs Crawfurd, John C., Phil., Lt.-Col. Ronald Hen., Anzio Camp, see Blackshaw Moor Archford bridge, see Alstonfield civil parish: bridges Archford moor, see Alstonefield civil parish architects, see Adams & Green; Bateman & Drury; Beardmore, Jeremiah and Jos.; Brealey, J. T.; Briggs & Thornely; Bryden; Burleigh; Butterfield; Chappell; Christian; Edgar; Elmes; Emerson; Francis, F. and W.; Francis, F. J.; Francis, Horace; GCW Architects; Grindon, Wm.; Horne; Horsley, Gerald; Hulme, Upright & Partners; Ingram; Leech; Longden, R. T.; Longden & Venables; Lowe; Lynam; Owen, W.; Radford; Rawlins; Sanderson; Scrivener, R., & Sons; Scrivener, Rob.; Sedding; Shaw, R. Norman; Smith, J. G.; Street; Sugden, Larner; Sugden, W., & Son; Sugden, Wm.; Vicars; Waterhouse; Weightman, Hadfield & Goldie; Wilson; Wood, Goldstraw & Yorath; Worthington, Thos., & Sons Argles: Frank Atkinson, R. M., Susannah, see Atkinson Thos., Armett: Chas. (fl. 1788), Chas. (fl. 1851), Joan, Jos., Wm. (fl. 1669), Wm. (fl. 1741-64), Wm. (d. 1842), fam., Armstrong: Eliz., Gabriel (d. 1638), Gabriel (fl. 1658), Gilb., Marg., w. of Gabriel, artists and designers, see Ash, Edw.; Barney; Broadbent; Burne-Jones; Crane, Wal.; De Morgan; Durham; Epstein; Foster; John Hardman Studios; Hassall; Jackson, R. Hamilton; Lethaby; Morris, Wm.; Morris & Co.; Platt, J. E.; Webb, Steph. Arts and Crafts movement, Arts Council of Great Britain, Ash, Edw., and see Ashe Ashbourne (Derb.), ch., St. Oswald's chantry, Coldeaton, communications, Newton Grange, Ashbourne poor-law union, Ashcombe Hall, see Cheddleton Ashe: Bridget, Edw., Eliz., see Jolliffe Wm., s. of Eliz., Wm., grds. of Eliz., Ashenhurst: Hen. of, John (fl. 1552), John (d. 1597), John (fl. 1667), Ralph, Randle, Ranulph of, Wm. of, Ashenhurst, see Bradnop Ashton: Geo., John (fl. 1722), John (fl. 1790s), John (fl. 1818), John (fl. 1851), Thos., Assheton: Dame Mary, Sir Raphe, associations for the prosecution of felons, Astbury (Ches.), see Congleton; Eaton; Moreton, Great Astley: Frances, Hannah, Wm., -, Aston: Barbara, m. Hen. Thos. Clifford, Sir Edw., Jas., Baron Aston, Marg., m. Tim. Egerton, Sir Edw. Tyrrel, Mary, m. Sir Wal. Blount, Rob., vicar of Alstonefield and rector of Standon, Sir Wal., later Baron Aston (d. 1639), Wal., Baron Aston (d. 1678), Wal., Baron Aston (d. 1714), Wal., Baron Aston (d. 1748), Aston Hall, see Stone Atherton, Oliver, athletics, Atkinson: Eliz., see Chorley Susannah, m. Frank Atkinson Argles, Tobias, Audley: Adam de (fl. late 12th cent.), Adam de (d. by 1211), Emma de, see Ralph son of Orm Hen. de (d. 1246), Hen. de (d. 1276), Hugh de, Baron Audley (d. 1325 or 1326), Hugh de, earl of Gloucester (d. 1347), Jas. de (d. 1272), Jas. de (d. 1273), Jas. de, Baron Audley (d. 1386), Joan de, m. John Tuchet, Baron Audley, Lucy de, w. of Hen. (d. 1276), Marg. de, m. Sir Rog. Hillary, Marg. de, m. Sir Fulk Fitzwarin, Marg. de, m. Ralph, earl of Stafford, Nic. de (d. 1299), Nic. de, Baron Audley (d. 1316), Nic. de, Baron Audley (d. 1391), Thos. de, Wm. de, fam., Audley, Barons, see Audley; Tuchet Avranches, Hugh d', earl of Chester, Ayton (later Ayton Lee), Ric., Babington, Martha, Back (or Dane) brook, Baddeley: Marg., and her husband Ric., their sons, their daus.-in-law, - (silk manufacturer), Badnall: Ann, Jas., Jas., vicar of Endon, Jos. (d. 1803), Jos. (d. 1813), Ric., Ric., s. of Ric., Wm. (d. 1760), Wm. (d. 1806), Wm. Beaumont, Bagnall: Sir Hen., John of, Sir Nic., Sir Ralph, Ranulf of, Thos. of, Wm. of (fl. 1327), Wm. of (fl. 1432), Bagnall (in Stoke-upon-Trent), reservoir, n Bagot, Steph., Bagshawe, John, reader at Alstonefield, Bailey: John, his dau., his w., fam., and see Baily; Bayly Baily, Edw., Bald Stone, see Heathylee Balderson, Rob., stipendiary curate at Quarnford, Ball: Chas. (fl. 1797), Chas. (fl. 1860s), John, Thos., Ball Haye, see Tittesworth Ball Haye brook, Ball Haye Green, see Leek and Lowe Ballington, see Leek and Lowe bands (brass and silver), Banne, Rog., vicar of Leek, Baptists, Barclays Bank Ltd., Bardolf: Aenora, see Malbank Rob., Barlaston, Barlow, Benj., Barnes, Jeremiah, assistant curate at St. Edward's, Leek, Barney, Jos., Barns, Revd. T., Barnsley (Yorks. W.R.), Baron, Mrs. -, Barron, Mrs., see Gaunt Barrow, Isaac, Barrow (Ches.), rector of, see Swynnerton barrows, see prehistoric remains Bartine Edge, see Sheen: Raikes Basford, see Cheddleton Basnett: Eliz., Jas., Basset: Maud, Philippa, see Malbank Thos., Wm., Bassett, J. W., Bassett, John Wilshaw, & Sons, Bateman: Hugh (d. 1731), Hugh (d. 1777), Sir Hugh, Bt., John, Mary, m. Revd. Ric. Jackson, Ric. Thos., Bateman & Drury, Bath, earls of, and see Bourchier Bath (Som.), Bayly: Ralph, Thos., Beardmore: Geo., Jeremiah, John, John (?the same), Jos., Ralph (d. 1880), Ralph (d. 1910), Ralph (fl. 1912), Beauchief (Derb.), Beckett, Thos., Bedull family, bee keeping, Beetham, Matt., curate of Sheen, Belfield: Isaac, fam., Belgium, see Ghent; Tubize bell founders, see Gillett & Bland; Gillett & Johnson; Mears; Mears & Stainbank; Oldfield; Rudhall; Taylor, John, & Co.; Warner, John, & Sons Belle Engineering (Sheen) Ltd., Bellême, Rob. de, earl of Shrewsbury, Bellot: John, Sir John, Bt. (d. 1674), Sir John, Bt. (d. 1714), Sir Thos., Bt., Benedictine nuns, n Bennett, John, Bennison, Rob., Bentley: Gillian, w. of Ric. of, m. Rob. de Hyde, Ric. of, Ric., s. of Wm. of, Ric., vicar of Leek, Benton, John, Berdeholm, see Heaton Beresford: Adam of (? fl. 12th cent.), n Adam of (fl. 1292), Adam of (fl. 1308-36, ?the same), Adam (fl. 1350s), Adam (fl. 1412), Agnes, w. of Adam, Edw., Hugh of (? fl. 12th cent.), n Hugh of (fl. 1274), John of (? fl. 1087), n John of (fl. 1232), John of (fl. 1277), John (fl. 1340s), John (fl. 1360-1412), John (fl. earlier 15th cent.), John (d. 1523), John (fl. 1681-1723), Laur., Louisa, m. Thos. Hope, Wm. Carr Beresford, Mary, Matt., Ralph, Rob., Sampson, Thos., Wm. of, Wm., vicar of St. Luke's, Leek, Wm. Carr, Vct. Beresford, Widow, fam., and see Beresford Hope; Berisfords; Berresford; Berrisford Beresford, see Alstonefield civil parish Beresford-Hope: Alex. Jas. Beresford (formerly Hope), Phil., Beresford Manor, see Sheen Berisfords (ribbon manufacturers), Bermingham: Hen., Hen., & Son, Berresford: Jas., John, Berrisford, John, Beswick, Thos., and his w. Maria, Beth Johnson Housing Association, Biddulph: Benj., Fra. (fl. 1566), Fra. (d. 1636), Fra. (fl. 1665), Fra. (fl. 1765), John, Mary, w. of John, Mic., Ric., fam., Biddulph, Knypersley, Overton, Biddulph Moor, see Horton Bill: Constantia, Rob., Billing: Adam, Isaac (of Fawfieldhead), Isaac (of Heathylee), Jos., Sim., -, fam., Birch: Ellen, John (d. 1857), John (fl. 1870s), Jos., Thos., curate of Sheen, Birchall, see Leek and Lowe Birmingham, Birtles, Thos., Bishton (in Colwich), Black brook, Black Clough, see Quarnford Blackhurst, Douglas, Blackshaw Moor (in Tittesworth, formerly in Leek and Lowe), Anzio Camp, Blackshaw moor, inc., packhorse way, Polish camp, Rom. Cath., sch., Blackwood Hill, see Horton Blake brook, Blake Mere, see Heathylee Blakemere House, see Onecote Blakeway, Bennett, vicar of Horton, Blanketeers, Bleak House, Blithfield, rector of, see Roades Bloor, John, Blore, Blount: Cath., see Peshall Geo., Sir John, Lady Mary, see Aston Sir Wal., Bt., fam., Blue Hills, see Heathylee Bluehills Colliery, Blundeville, Ranulph de, earl of Chester, n, as lord of Leek, Blythe Bridge (in Dilhorne), Boer War, Boller, - (apothecary), Bonsall, John, reader (later curate) of Sheen, Boot family, Booth: Wm., Salvationist, fam., Boothby: Sir Brooke, Bt., Phoebe, see Hollins Boothman, Revd. Edw. Duncan, and his w. Georgina, Bosley (in Prestbury, Ches.), curate, see Thornely Bostock: Edw., Fanny, Jas., Wm., Bosvile, Ann, Bottom, Ann, Bottom House, see Ipstones Boughey, John, Bourchier, John, earl of Bath, Bourne: Hugh, John (fl. 1754-60), John (d. by 1835), Thos., Bowcock, Solomon, bowling, Bowman: Alice, w. of Hen., Cornelius, Hen. (fl. 1660s), Hen. (fl. 1687), Hen. (d. 1747), Hen. (fl. 1804), Ric., Bowyer: Fra., vicar of Leek, John, Sir Wm., Boynton: Elsie, Thos., Brackley (Northants.), vicar of, see Manifold Bradbourne: Anne, m. Humph. Ferrers, Sir Humph., Isabella, see Cotton John, Wm., Bradbourne (Derb.), Bradley: John, Jos., curate of Longnor, W., Bradnop, agric., Ashenhurst, Ashenhurst Hall, plate char., ch. services, Colts moor, constablewick, Egg well, electricity, farms, geol., ind., inns, man., manorial govt., map, mills, Morridge Side, nature reserve, place names, poor relief, pop., prot. nonconf., rly., rds., schs., Stunsteads, tithes, tollho., Upper Bradnop, village hall, water supply, woodland, Women's Inst., Bradshaw: Eliza, Hen. of, Rog. of, Wm. of, Wm., Bradshaw, see Longsdon Brandon, Chas., duke of Suffolk, Brassington, Hen., Brassington & Sons (Leek) Ltd. (formerly Brassington, Hen., & Son), Brealey, J. T., Brentnall, Sarah, see Grosvenor Brereton family, Brice, F. S., brick and tile making, the Bridestones, see prehistoric remains: barrows Bridge End, see Leekfrith Briggs & Thornely, Brigittine nuns, Brindley: H. H., Jas. (d. 1772), Jas. (fl. 1834), John, Marg., m. - Lucas, Thos., and see Brundley Bristol, Britannia Building Society, plate British Mountaineering Club, British Waterways, Broadbent, A., Broadmeadow Hall, see Sheen Brocklehurst: Annie, see Lee Col. H. C., John, Sir Phil., Bt., Sir Phil. Lancaster, Bt., Wm., Bromfield, Wm., Bromley, Sam., Broncott, Hen. of, and his w., Broncott, see Hulme, Upper Broster: Jos., Wm., Wm., & Co., Brough: Edm., Edwin, Jas., John, John, s. of John, Joshua, his w., see Littlehales Rob. (d. 1657), Rob. (fl. 1679), Rob. (d. 1712, ?another), Rob. (d. 1731), Rob. (d. 1753), Thos. (fl. later 17th cent.), Thos. (fl. later 17th cent., another), Thos. (fl. early 18th cent.), Wm. Spooner, Brough, Joshua and James, & Co., Brough, J. and J., Nicholson & Co., Brough, Nicholson & Hall (later Brough, Nicholson & Hall Ltd.), plate Brount, Wm., Brown: F. A., Jas., Valentine, Brown Edge civil parish, Brown Edge Free Mission, Browne: John (d. 1570), John (fl. 1593), Wm., Brownhill, see Warslow Brownlow, see Warslow Brownsfoot, And., Brumby, Cornelius, Brund, see Sheen Brundley: Lawr., and see Brindley Bryden, W. R., Buckinghamshire, see Adstock Buckwell, Wm., curate of Longnor, Buddhism, Budworth, Great (Ches.), see Hulme in Allostock; Tabley, Nether building societies, see Leek and Lowe Bulkeley: Arthur, Hen., Jas., Joan, see Sherratt John (d. 1666), John (d. 1697), Ric., Thos. (fl. 1556), Thos. (d. 1675), Thos. (d. 1736), bull baiting, Bullock, Ric., Bullock Smithy, see Hazel Grove Bullocke, John, reader at Meerbrook, Burgess, John, Burgh: Edm., Rob., Burleigh, C. W., Burne, Mrs. Mary, Burne-Jones, Sir Edw., n Burnett, Mrs. -, Burslem, Cobridge, Longport, Sneyd, Burton abbey, Burton college, Bury, Rob., Butler: Rose, see Verdun Theobald, Butterfield, Wm., Butterton, Cawdry, eccl. par., Swainsley, button making, n, Buxton, Nathan, Buxton (Derb.), ch., communications, Buxton and District Scout Association, Byng, John, Vct. Torrington, Byrne: Mrs. Caroline, John, Byrom, Capt. W. Jones, Caen (Calvados, France), Caldon canal, Caldon Lime Co., Caldon Low quarries, see Cauldon Caldwell, Ric., Calke (Derb.), Calton, Calton Green (in Croxden), Cambridge Camden Society, later the Ecclesiological Society, Cambridge university, Jacksonian Professorship in Natural Philosophy, St. John's Coll., Trinity Coll., Camden, Wm., Cannock, Cantrell family, Carder Green, see Longnor Carr: Chas., Ellen, Isabella, Rosanna, Thos., Thos., & Co., Wm., carriers, Carr-Smith: Agnes, Rose Edith, Cartledge (formerly Easing) brook, Cartwright, John, Castern, see Ilam Cauldon, Caldon Low quarries, Cave-Browne: Cath., see Mills John, Caverswall, n castle, Meir, q.v. Park Hall, Cawdry, see Butterton Chadwick, Geo., Challenor: John (d. 1833), John (another; ?s. of John), Challinor: Benj., Jas., Jesse, Jos., Mary, m. - Watson, Thos., W. E., Wm. (fl. later 16th cent.), Wm. (d. 1721), Wm. (d. 1800), Wm. (d. 1839), Wm. (d. 1896), Wm. (d. 1926), fam., Challinor & Shaw (formerly Challinor & Challinor and Challinor & Co.), Chambers, Naomi, chapmen, see pedlars Chappell, G. H., Charity Commissioners, Charity Organization Society, Charlesworth: Chas., Hen., Jas. (?two men), John, Moses, Ric., Chartists, Chartley castle, see Stowe Cheadle, Cecily Mills, Cheadle (Ches.), see Hazel Grove Checkley, see Heybridge Cheddleton, Ashcombe (formerly Botham) Hall, Basford, Basford Hall, Botham Hall, see Cheddleton: Ashcombe Hall brickworks, ch., clergy, and see Powys Consall, Wetley moor, Wetley Rocks, incumbent, see Sneyd Cheeks Hill, see Quarnford cheese: factories, factors, fairs, Chell, Little, see Wolstanton Chelsea (Mdx.), Cheque Bank Ltd., Cheshire, and see Barrow; Bosley; Chester; Combermere abbey; Congleton; Eaton; Gawsworth; Hazel Grove; Hulme in Allostock; Hurdsfield; Leftwich; Macclesfield; Moreton, Great; Nantwich; Poulton; Shipbrook; Stockport; Sutton; Swettenham; Tabley, Nether; Taxall; Wildboarclough; Wilmslow; Wincle; Wirral Chester, earls of, and see Avranches; Blundeville; Gernon; Kevelioc; Scot Chester: castle, justiciar, see Orreby Chester abbey, Chesterfield (Derb.), Chesters-Thompson, Steph., Chetwynd-Talbot, Chas. Hen. John, earl of Shrewsbury, chief silver (customary payment), cholera, choral and operatic societies, Chorley: Chas., Edwood, Edwood, nephew of Edwood, Eliz., m. Tobias Atkinson, Joshua, Mary, see Toft Toft, Christian, Ewan, Christian Brethren, Church brook, Church Commissioners, see Ecclesiastical Commissioners Church Lads' Brigade, Churnet, river, as a boundary, crossings, Churnet Valley Engineering Co., Churnet Valley railway, Civil War, Clarke, John, curate of Meerbrook, Clemesha, Wm., Clemesha & Clowes, Cleminson, Rob., clerk, Peter the, see Peter the clerk Cliffe Park, see Horton Clifford: Barbara, see Aston Hen. Thos., clock makers, see Abbott; Baily; Elleby cloth working, fulling mills, the Cloud, see Rushton Spencer Cloud Side, see Rushton Spencer Clowes: John, S. G., Thos., Wm. (d. 1774), Wm. (d. 1779), Wm., Primitive Methodist pioneer, Clowes & Co., coal mining, Coalville (Leics.), Coates, Isaac, Cobden, Ric., Cobridge, see Burslem Cockayne: Eliz., Vctss. Cullen, see Trentham Ric., Vct. Cullen, Cocknage, Wm. of, Cockshut, Flora, dau. of Wm. of, Cofton Hackett (Worcs.), Cokelee family, Coldeaton (Derb.), see Ashbourne Collier, Ann, Colmore: Ann, see Fynney Wm., Wm., s. of Wm., colour making, Colshaw, see Hollinsclough Colts moor, see Bradnop Colwich, see Bishton Comberford family, Combermere abbey (Ches.), Commercial Bank of England, Compleat Angler, The, Comylach, John, Condlyffe (Condliffe): Anne, Eliz., Jeremiah, John (fl. 1705), John (d. 1810), Jos., Wm. (d. 1664), Wm. (d. 1799), Wm. (d. 1867), Congleton (in Astbury, Ches.), communications, silk ind., Congregationalists, see Leek and Lowe: prot. nonconf. Consall, see Cheddleton Conservative party, Constable: Sir Rob., Sir Thos., Bt. (d. 1829), Sir Thos., Bt. (d. 1870), Cook (Cooke): Jas., Jas., & Co., John, Jos., Mary, Thos., Tim., Wm., Cooklin: Christine, see Warrilow Phil., Coombes brook, Cooper, Ric., Cope: Eli, Geo., Isaac, Lucy, copper mining, Corbishley: Jos. (fl. 1815), Jos. (d. by 1899), Corinthian Stone Ltd., Cornes, Jas., Cornhill, Wm., bp. of Coventry, Coton (in Hanbury), Cotton: Chas. (d. 1658), Chas. (d. 1687), poet, Eliz., Isabella, m. John Bradbourne, John (fl. 1444), John (fl. c. 1470), Olive, see Stanhope Ric. (fl. mid 15th cent.), Ric. (d. 1461), Ric. (d. 1502), Thos., fam. arms, Cotton, see Alton cotton, Coupland, Chas., Courtaulds (firm), Coventry, bps. of, see Lichfield, bps. of Coventry and Lichfield, bps. of, see Lichfield, bps. of Coventry, Coventry Churches Housing Association, Cowley (in Gnosall), Cowlishaw, Chas., cowscot (customary payment), Crane: Eliz., m. John Wigley, Ralph, Wal., Creighton: Isaac, Wm., Creighton & Co., Cress brook, Crew: Thos., Baron Crew, Anne, m. John Jolliffe, Crew, barony, Crewe: Sir Geo., Bt., plate as benefactor, Sir Hen., Bt. (formerly Harpur), John, Sir John, Bt., see Harpur Crewe fam., and see Offley cricket, Critchlow: Geo. (fl. 1645-6), Geo. (d. 1780), Geo. (d. 1782), Geo. (fl. 1830), Geo. (d. 1990), Harold, Janet, m. John Stone, Wm., Croft, John, vicar of Alstonefield and of Lockington (Leics.), n, Crompton: Dorothy, Eliza, Thos., Crowborough, John of, Crowborough, see Horton Crowdecote, see Hartington Croxden, see Calton Green Croxden abbey, grange, Croydon (Surr.), Cruso: Fra., Hen., John (d. 1841), John (d. 1867), fam., Cruso Nursing Association, Cullen, Vct., see Cockayne Cumberland, duke of, see William Augustus customary payments, see chief silver; cowscot; farefee; head (or headborough) silver; herbage; pannage; tallage; wart penny cycling, Daintry: Anne, see Furnivall John, John Smith, Daintry (or Daventry), John, curate of Endon, Dairy House, see Horton dairy products, and see cheese Dakeyne: Bowden, John, Peter, and see Deakeyne Dale: John, Joshua, Mary, Matt., Ric., fam., n Dale Mine Co., Dale Mining Co. Ltd., Dalley, Brian, Dane, river, as a boundary, crossings, Dane brook, see Back brook Danebridge, see Heaton Daniel: Alice, John, Darlaston Hall, see Stone Davenham (Ches.), see Leftwich; Shipbrook Davenport: Fred, Geo. (silk throwster), Geo. (silk manufacturer), Geo. (of Westwood Hall), Hannah, see Rode Hen. (d. 1584), Hen. (d. 1680), Hen. (d. 1753), Hen. (d. 1895), John (d. 1726), John (d. 1780), John (d. 1786), John (d. 1848), John (d. 1862), Mary, Ralph, Sarah, m. Jas. Hulme, Uriah (psalm singer), Uriah (sch. teacher), Wm., Daventry, John, see Daintry (or Daventry) Davidson: J. S., Mrs. M. G., Davies, Harold, Baron Davies of Leek, Davis: Keith, Wm., Davison, Jos., d'Avranches, Hugh, see Avranches De Morgan, Wm. Frend, Deacon, G. E., vicar of Leek, Deakeyne, the Misses, and see Dakeyne Deane, Rob., Debank: John, Mary, Simon (d. 1701), Simon (fl. 1750s), deer parks, Defence, Ministry of, Denford, see Longsdon Derby, earl of, see Stanley Derby, Infirmary, Derbyshire, and see Ashbourne; Beauchief; Bradbourne; Buxton; Calke; Chesterfield; Derby; Duffield; Findern; Glossop; Hartington; Hassop; Longford; Middleton; Newton Sólney; Norbury; Swarkestone; Tissington; Windley; Wormhill Derbyshire Farmers Ltd., Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes, Despenser: Sir Hugh le (d. 1238), Sir Hugh le (d. 1265), Hugh le, earl of Winchester, fam., Dethick: Anne, see Jolliffe Sir John, Devonshire, dukes of, Dewe, J. J., vicar of Alstonefield, Dickens, Chas., novelist, Dieulacres abbey, granges, as landowner, as lord of Leek, as rector of Leek, site, Dilhorne, see Blythe Bridge Dingle brook, District Bank Ltd. (formerly Manchester and Liverpool District Bank), Dixon & Johnson, Docksey, A. E., doctors, see medical practitioners Dodshon, Frances, Doncaster (Yorks. W.R.), double sunset, see Leek: ancient par. Doulton pottery works, Dove, river, as a boundary, crossings, Dovedale Dairy Association Ltd., Downes: Maj. (later Col.) Edw., John, dramatic societies, Draycott: John, Phil., Draycott-in-the-Moors, Paynsley, Drayton, Mic., Druids (friendly society), Drystone Edge, see Quarnford Dudley, Wm., Duffield (Derb.), vicar of, see Morrice Dunnell, Mary, Dunning (Domesday tenant), Durham, Jos., Durham, dyeing, and see Leek and Lowe: silk Ealing (Mdx.), Eardley: Alice, see Sutton John, Earl Sterndale, see Hartington Earl's Way, Easing, see Tittesworth Easing brook, see Cartledge brook Easing family, Eastern Counties Building Society, Eaton (in Astbury, Ches.), Eaton Hall, Ecclesiastical Commissioners (later Church Commissioners), Ecclesiological Society, see Cambridge Camden Society Ecclesiologist, Ecton (in Wetton), copper mines, Edensor, Wm., Edgar, Rob., Edge: John, Nic., Ralph, Ric., Tim. (d. 1683), Tim. (fl. 1720-1), and see Egge Edmund, earl of Lancaster, Edward the Confessor, Edward the Martyr, Egerton: Hugh, John, bp. of Lichfield and Coventry, Marg., see Aston Mary, m. Lawr. Savage, Sir Ralph, Thos. (fl. 1554-71), Thos. (fl. 1595), Thos. (fl. 1606-9), Thos. (fl. 1623), Thos. (d. 1640s), Tim. (d. between 1578 and 1584), Tim. (d. 1628), Wm. (fl. 1509-10), Wm. (d. 1570), Mrs. -, Egge (later Edge): Adam de, fam., Elkstone: Adam of, Maud of, fam., Elkstone, Lower (in Warslow and Elkstones), agric., electricity, farms, manorial govt., map, poor relief, pop., Elkstone, Upper (in Warslow and Elkstones), ch., plate clergy, electricity, inc., inn, love ale, man., manorial govt., map, mill, mining, place name, poor relief, pop., prehist. remains, prot. nonconf., sch., tithes, wake, Elkstonian Society, Ellastone, rectory, Elleby (clock-making firm), Ellis: Sir Hen., R. R., Elmes, Jas., Elyot 'le quarehour', Emerson, Rob., Endon: Benj., Thos. (?two of this name), Endon, agric., assoc. for prosecution of felons, brass band, bridge, canal, chars., ch., plate clergy, see Badnall; Daintry (or Daventry); Salt; Tompkinson; Turner vicarage ho., cloth working, deer pk., electricity, Endon Bank, Endon Edge, Endon Hall, plate Endonian Soc., farms, fountains, free warren, friendly soc., gas, geol., Hill Top, housing estates, ind., inns, isolation hosp., labour services, Lady moor, man., man. ho., manorial govt., maps, mills, Moss Hill, nursing home, par. room (later village hall), pk., pinfold, place names, police, poor relief, pop., post offices, prehist. find, prot. nonconf., rly., reading room, recreation ground, rds., Basnetts Wood Rd., Brook Lane, Brook Side Drive, Brookfield Ave., Church Lane, Dorian Way, Hallwater Lane, Hazelwood Rd., Holehouse Lane, Kent Drive, Leek Rd., Orford Rd., Park Lane, Platts Ave., Railway Ct., Spencer Ave., Station Rd., Stoney Lane, the Village, Rom. Cath., schs., sport, stocks, Stockton Brook, tanning, telephone call office, tithes, tithe barn, tollgate, tollho., village hall, see Endon: par. room water supply, well-dressing, Women's Inst., Woodhouse Green, Endon and Stanley civil parish, Endon brook, engineering, Ensor: Wm., Wm., s. of Wm., Entwhistle, Thos., Epstein, Jacob, sculptor, Erdeswick, Sampson, Erdington (Warws.), Essex, Etches, the Misses, Etruria, see Hanley Evans: Fra., Jas., Eythin, Baron, see King Fairboroughs, see Heaton fairs, cheese, goose, hiring, Fallowfield, Wm., Family of Love, farefee (customary payment), Farmer & Bradley, farming: dairy, pig, poultry, sheep, stock, Farrow, Rob., Fawfieldhead, agric., Alstonefield Hayes, Beresford, see Alstonefield civil parish bridges, cheese making, chs., plate farms, Fawfield Hill, Fawfieldhead hamlet, Fernyford, Fleetgreen, friendly socs., furniture making, geol., Hayesgate, Hulme End, q.v. inc., ind., inn, see Fawfieldhead: Reaps Moor Lady Edge, lock-up, Lum Edge, manorial govt., map, mill, Newtown, pinfolds, place names, poor relief, workho., pop., prehist. remains, prot. nonconf., rly., plate Reaps moor, Reaps Moor, plate rds., schs., Shining Ford, stocks, workho., see Fawfieldhead: poor relief Felton, Rodney, Fenton: John, Susannah, see Wedgwood Fenton, Ferne, Ric., Fernihaugh, Thos., Fernyford, see Fawfieldhead Fernyhough (Fernihough): Dennis, Gladys, Jas., Thos., fam., Ferrers: Anne, see Bradbourne Humph., Field, Hen., Figgins, Fra., Findern (in Mickleover, Derb.), Finney: John, Ric., Thos. (fl. 1709-16), Thos. (fl. 1735), Wm., and see Fynney Fisher, Thos., fishing, see angling Fitzherbert: Sir Ant., John, Sir Thos., Wm., FitzWarin: Fulk, Marg., see Audley fam., Five Clouds, see Leekfrith Flash (in Quarnford), assoc. for the prosecution of felons, button making, ch., counterfeiting, fairs, friendly socs., inns, libr., map, pedlars and hawkers, place name, post office, prot. nonconf., schs., shops, village hall, Women's Inst., flax spinning, Fleetgreen, see Fawfieldhead Fletcher: J., J. S., Thos., Wm., Flint: Chas., Eliz., Mary, Wm., flint grinding, Flower, Rob., Fogg: Hen. (mole catcher), Hen. (surgeon), Foker, see Leekfrith folk customs, and see wakes football, Ford: Hen. of, Hugh, and see Phillips and Ford Ford, see Onecote Forde, John, and his w., forester, Peter the, see Peter the forester; William the, see William the forester Foresters (friendly society), forests, see Alstonefield forest; Leekfrith: forest Foster, Herbert Wilson, Fowall: Ralph, Ric., Rog. (fl. 1432), Rog. (fl. 1567-77), Wm., Fowlchurch, see Tittesworth Fowler: Eliz., Hen., John, Phoebe, m. FitzJames Watt, Rob., vicar of Leek, Sarah, see Gaunt Fox: Geo. (furniture maker), Geo., Quaker, fox hunting, Foxe, John, France, Wm., France, prisoners of war, see Leek and Lowe: French prisoners and see Caen Francis: F. J., F. and W., Horace, Free Gardeners (friendly society), free thinkers, free warren, Freemasons, friendly societies, and see Druids; Foresters; Free Gardeners; Oddfellows; Rechabites Friends, Society of (Quakers), and see Leek and Lowe: prot. nonconf. Froghall, see Ipstones furniture making, Furnivall: Anne, m. John Daintry, Miss -, Furnivalle family, Fynney: Ann, m. Wm. Colmore, Fielding Best, Geo., Wm. (d. 1584 or 1585), Wm. (d. 1595), Miss -, fam., and see Finney Gambles Green, see Hollinsclough game keeper's lodges, gardeners, Gatacre, Geo., Gateham, see Alstonefield civil parish Gaunt: Fred., John (fl. 1757-72), John (fl. 1825), Josiah, Matt., Ric., Sarah, m. 2 John Fowler, -, m. - Barron, Gawsworth (Ches.), Gayton, GCW Architects, Genies Lighting, Gent: Gervase, his daus., Thos. (fl. 1560s), Thos. (fl. 1750-4), Wm. (d. 1545), Wm. (fl. 1600), George III, George V, as duke of York, Gerard, Louis, Rom. Cath. priest, Germany, the Rhineland, Gernon, Ranulph de, earl of Chester, Getliffe Design & Print, Ghent (Belgium), n Gib Torr, see Heathylee Gib Torr Rocks, see Quarnford Gibbons: Chas., Eliz., see Rudyard Gibson, Fra., Gilbert, Thos., Gillet & Bland, Gillet & Johnson, Gilman: Thos., Wm., Glendinning & Gaunt, Glossop (Derb.), Gloucester, earl of, see Audley Gloucester, Gloucestershire, see Bristol Glover: Chas., E. Cliffe, Glynn & Parker, Gnosall, see Cowley Godwin (Domesday tenant), Goldsitch Moss, see Quarnford golf, Gonne, Wm., Goodfellow: Thos., Thos. (?another), Wm., Goodwin: Geo., Ric., Sam., Goostrey: Jas., Jas., & Co., Goostry, Peter, Gosling, Fra., Gotham (Notts.), Gould: John, Ric., Thos. (d. by 1734), Thos. (fl. 1779-85), Gradbach (in Quarnford), corn mill, Gradbach Hill Gradbach Old Hall Gradbach wood mission room, prot. nonconf., sch., spinning mill, plate youth hostel, plate Gratebache, Hen., Gratton: Adam of, Ralph of, Ranulph (or Ralph) of, Gratton (in Horton), farms, man., manorial govt., mill, pop., prot. nonconf., plate sch., Gratton Hill, see Alstonefield civil parish Gravenor, Wm., Great Budworth, see Budworth, Great Great Moreton, see Moreton, Great Great Ness, see Ness, Great Greaves, Maj. Geo., Green: Dorothy, F. W., Greene, Wm., Greensmith, John, Gretton, Ant., curate of Longnor, Greville: Chas., Sir Fulke, Baron Willoughby de Broke, Grey: Booth (d. 1802), Booth (d. 1850), Mary, ctss. of Stamford, Wm. Booth, n Griffin, Geof., Grindlestone Edge, see Horton Grindon: Thos., Wm., Grindon, Onecote Old Hall, Grosvenor: Jos., Joshua, Marg., m. Thos. Leycester, Margery, Mary, w. of Thos. Fenton, Rob. (fl. 1293), Rob. (fl. 1343-4), Rob. (d. 1465), Sam., Sarah, m. - Brentnall, Thos. Fenton, Wm. (d. by 1742), Wm. (d. 1765), fam., grouse shooting, Grundy, Jos., Gun (hill), Gylmen, Ralph, Hacket, John, bp. of Lichfield and Coventry, Halcomb, Thos., Hall: Cath., Chas., Elihu (fl. 1685), Elihu (fl. 1736), Elijah (?same as Elihu fl. 1685), Gervase, Ian, Jas., John (fl. 1687), John (d. 1930), Jos., Marg., Ralph, Rob., Thos., Wm., Wm. Stonhewer (d. 1772), Wm. Stonhewer (fl. 1791), Hall Dale, see Alstonefield civil parish Halle, Adam de la, Hallesweyn, Adam, n Hallowes, Ric., Hambleton: Geo., Jas., Jas., reader or curate of Sheen, -, Hammersley: Fred., & Co., Ric., Thos. (fl. 1654), Thos. (fl. mid 18th cent.), W. A. L., W. H., Wm., Wm., & Co., Hammond, Jas., Hamps, river, Hamstall Ridware, see Ridware, Hamstall Hanbury, see Coton Hancock, John, Hand: John (d. 1799), Wm. (fl. 1816-39), Wm. (fl. 1851-71), Handel, G. F., Hanging Bridge, see Mayfield Hanley, as address, Etruria, Shelton, q.v. Harding: Sam., Thos., Hardings Booth, see Heathylee Haregate, see Tittesworth Hargrave (or Hargreaves), Josiah, Hargreaves: Geo., Josiah, see Hargrave Ric., Thos., Harpers Gate, see Rudyard village Harpur: Sir Hen., Bt. (d. 1748), Sir Hen., Bt. (d. 1789), Sir Hen., Bt. (d. 1819), see Crewe Isabel, see Adderley Sir John (d. 1622), Sir John (d. 1679), Sir John, Bt. (d. 1681), Sir John, Bt. (d. 1741), Ric., fam., Harpur Crewe: Georgiana, see Lovell Hilda, m. Col. Godfrey Mosley, Sir John, Bt. (formerly Crewe), plate Sir Vauncey, Bt., fam., Harpur Crewe estate, Harpur-Crewe (formerly Jenney): Airmyne, Chas., Hen., fam., Harpur-Crewe estate, Harracles, see Longsdon Harrison: Eliz., Geo., Harrison & Son, Harrop: John, - (?same as John), Hartington (Derb.), Crowdecote, Earl Sterndale, Hurdlow, man. ct., Moat Hall, see Hartington: Pool Hall Pilsbury Grange, Pool (later Moat) Hall, Wallnook, Wolfscote, Wolfscote Dale, see Alstonefield civil par. Harvey, Geo., perpetual curate of Horton, Harwar, Chas., Hassall, Ric., Hassop (Derb.), Hastel, Josiah, and his w., Hatton: Chris., Baron Hatton, Sir Chris., hawkers, see pedlars Haworth, John, Hay, Hannah, Hay brook, Hayesgate, see Fawfieldhead Hayne: Hen., John, Haywood: Howard, Wm., Mrs. -, Hazel Grove (formerly Bullock Smithy, in Cheadle, Ches.), head (or headborough) silver (customary payment), Headington (Oxon.), Heapy: Josiah, Laur., curate of Macclesfield (Ches.), Moses, Heath: And., Chas. (fl. 1861), Chas. (fl. 1991), and his w. Eliz., Eliz. (fl. 1705-6), Geo. (fl. 1826), Geo. (d. 1869), J. W., Jas., John (fl. 1824), John (fl. 1861), Wm., Heathcote, T. H., vicar of Leek, Heathylee, agric., Bald Stone, Blake Mere, Blue Hills, button making, n char., ch. services, coal mining, electricity, farms, friendly soc., geol., Gib Torr, Hardings Booth, Hulme, Upper, q.v. Hurdlow, inc., ind., inns, manorial govt., map, mills, pinfold, place names, poor relief, pop., prot. nonconf., Ramshaw Rocks, plate rds., schs., Swains moor, toll hos., Heaton: Chas., E., & Sons, Edwin, Ligulf of, Rob. of, Thos., Heaton, agric., Alley Lane, Anglo-Saxon crosses, assoc. for prosecution of felons, Berdeholm, n, bridges, chars., ch., Danebridge, Fairboroughs, farms, fords, geol., inc., ind., inn, man., manorial govt., map, mills, place names, poor relief, workho., pop., post office, prot. nonconf., reservoir feeder, schs., Swythamley, Swythamley Hall, plate tanning, tithe barn, village hall, water supply, workho., see Heaton: poor relief Wurnuldehalth, Hen Cloud, see Leekfrith Henry s. of William the forester, herbage (customary payment), Herbert, Sir Wm., Hereford, Herryman: Isabella, see Rode her husband, Hertfordshire, see St. Albans Heswall: David of, Eustachia, see Vernon Heybridge (in Checkley), Heygate, T. E., curate of Sheen, Hickock, Ric., Higginbotham: Eliz., m. - Hulme, Thos. (d. by 1725), Thos. (fl. 1777), Highfield Hall, see Leekfrith Higson, Peter, Hilderstone, see Stone Hill: Sir Enoch, his bros., his father, Fred, Geo., Geo., & Sons, John, Wm., Wm., vicar of Warslow, Wm., & Co., plate Hill Bros. (Leek) Ltd. (formerly Hill Brothers), Hill Top, see Endon Hillary: Marg., see Audley Sir Rog., Hillcrest Engineering Instrumentation Ltd., Hilliard: Fra., Wm. Mic., Hills, T., Hilton, John, Hinckes, Theodosia, Hind: John, Wm., Hine: J. H., and his w., J. S. and R., Hitchcock, J. P., Hobson, Rob., Hogelegh, Marg. of, Holford, Lady, Hollingshed, see Hollinshead Hollinhay, see Longsdon Hollins, Phoebe, m. Sir Brooke Boothby, Bt., Hollinsclough, agric., band, bridges, button trade, ch., plate curate, see Smith cloth working, Colshaw, electricity, farms, field centre, fulling mill, Gambles (Gambush, Gamon) green, Hollinsclough moor, inc., inn, manorial govt., map, pedlars, hawkers, and chapmen, pinfold, place name, poor relief, pop., prehist. remains, prot. nonconf., rds., schs., plate Tenter Hill, village hall, water supply, Hollinshead (or Hollingshed): E. W., Fra., Fra., s. of Fra., Thos., fam., Hood, Ralph, Hope: Alex. Jas. Beresford, see Beresford-Hope Louisa, see Beresford Thos., Hope, see Alstonefield civil parish Hopedale, see Alstonefield civil parish Hopton Heath, battle of, Horne, David, horse racing, see racing Horsley: Gerald, John (fl. 1677), John (d. 1695), Horton, Thos., Horton, agric., Biddulph Moor, Blackwood Hill, button making, chars., ch., plate clergy, and see Blakeway; Harvey; Mitchell; Wood vicarage ho., Cliffe Park, plate coal mining, constablewick, Crowborough, Dairy Ho., deer pk., electricity, farms, free warren, geol., Gratton, q.v. Grindlestone Edge, Horton Hall, plate Horton Hay, Horton Lodge, inc., inns, iron working, Lask Edge, Lee Laughton, mans., manorial govt., map, mills, nail making, pinfolds, place names, poor relief, poorhos., pop., prot. nonconf., plate quarrying, rabbit warren, rds., Rom. Cath., Rudyard village, q.v. Rudyard Lake, schs., silk working, stocks, tithes, tithe barns, village halls, wake, war memorial, water supply, Whorrocks Bank, woodland, Horton brook, Hospitallers, see Knights Hospitallers housing associations, Hubbard, Hen., Hudson, Isaac, Hug bridge, see Rushton Spencer Hughes: Albert, Hannah, Huguenots, Hulme: A. T., Anne, Eliz., see Higginbotham Eliz., m. Jas. Hulme, Jas. (fl. 1772), Jas. (d. 1848), John (fl. early 17th cent.), John (d. 1636), John (fl. 1658), John (fl. 1666), John (d. 1690), John Davenport Rhodes, Ranulph of, see Wirral, Ranulph of Rob. of, Rob., Sarah, see Davenport Thos., Thos. Ernest, Wm. (fl. 1612), Wm. (d. 1693), Wm., minister of Newton Solney (Derb.), Hulme, Middle, see Leekfrith Hulme, Nether, see Leekfrith Hulme, Upper (formerly Over Hulme, in Heathylee and Leekfrith), brass band, Broncott, dyeworks, friendly soc., inn, mills, prot. nonconf., Hulme, Upright & Partners, Hulme End (in Fawfieldhead and Sheen), bridge, inn, prot. nonconf., rly., plate St. Mark's mission, Hulme in Allostock (in Great Budworth, Ches.), Hulton abbey, granges, as lord of Bradnop man., Hunt, Geo., Hurdlow, see Hartington; Heathylee Hurdsfield (in Prestbury, Ches.), Hussey: Edw., Ric., Sir Ric., Hutchinson, Mic., Hyde: Gillian de, see Bentley Rob. de, Wm., Ilam, Castern, ch., Ilam Hall, Incorporated Church Building Society, India, Poona, Ingram, Wilfred, Inkpen: Anne, see Tuchet Ric., Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, International Crispin Patent Boot and Shoe Co. Ltd., Ipstones: Maud, see Swynnerton Sir Wm., Ipstones, Bottom House, ch., vicar, Froghall, nature reserve, poorho., Sharp Cliffe Rocks, Whitehough, workho., Ipswich (Suff.), Ireland, Irish immigrants, Irish Dairy Board Co-operative Ltd., iron working, nail making, Islington, see Longnor Italy, Italian bagpipe players, Jackson: Alice, w. of Rob., Ann, Geo., vicar of Leek, Hen. (fl. 1616), Hen. (d. 1702), John (d. 1579), n, John (fl. 1699), Jos., Mary, see Bateman Mary, w. of John, Phil., R. Hamilton, Revd. Ric., Revd. Ric., s. of Revd. Ric., Rob., Wm. (fl. 1515-16), Wm. (d. 1613), Wm. (d. 1679), Jacksonian Professorship in Natural Philosophy, see Cambridge university Jacobites, Jardine & Co., Jebb, -, Jeffries, Jas., Jehovah's Witnesses, Jenney, see Harpur-Crewe Jennings, F. W., Jervis family, Joberns, C. H., assistant curate at St. Luke's, Leek, Jodrell: John (fl. early 16th cent.), John (fl. 1616), n John (d. 1696), Thos. (fl. 1629), Thos. (d. 1728), Wm., fam., John, King, John Hardman Studios, Johnson: Fra., H. J., Hen., vicar of Onecote, Joan, Mic., Ric., Ric., s. of Ric., Dr. Sam., Wm., Jolliffe: Anne, see Crew Anne, m. Sir John Dethick, Benj., Eliz., m. Edw. Ashe, John (d. 1679), John (d. 1694), Lucy, m. Wm. Vane (d. 1734), Rebecca, m. Sir Sam. Moyer, Thos. (fl. c. 1600), Thos. (d. 1693), Thos. (d. 1758), Wm. (fl. 1638), Wm. (d. 1699), Wm. (fl. early 18th cent.), Jones: Eliz., see Mellor Hen., John, Jordan (smith, fl. 1330s),