A TOPOGRAPHICAL 



The tape manufactory was first established at Tean in the year 

 1747, when an ancestor of the present proprietors brought over two 

 Dutchmen who were skilled iu the manufacture. It continued. for 

 several years in a very limited state* for many obstructions lay iu 

 the way of success ; particularly the skill and enterprize of the 

 Dutch, who had then one thousand tape-looms in full employment. 

 British perseverance, and superiority of fabric, at length prevailed ; 

 and the manufactories of tape established in this village, and at 

 Cheadle and Kingsley,are now the most extensive in Europe. About 

 300 looms are employed at Tean, and iu the vicinity ; 120 at 

 Cheadle, and 50 at Kingsley. The yarn is imported brown from 

 Russia, Germany, and Ireland ; and considerable quantities are 

 also brought from Scotland and Yorkshire. It is bleached at the 

 extensive bleach-works on the banks of the river Tean, near the 

 village, and it is computed that from two to three thousand, indi- 

 viduals, including women and children, are employed iu the different 

 branches of the manufacture. 



A chapel for the Calvinists, with a Sunday-school, has been 

 erected in Tean by Messrs. Philips. The chapel contains a good 

 organ, and the Rev. Thomas Pritchard, of Cheadle, is minister. 



In the year 1811, the parish of Checkley and Tean contained 

 341 houses, 358 families; 763 males, 935 females : total of inhabi- 

 tants 1,698. 



Heath-house, the residence of John Philips, Esq. is situated on a 

 gentle eminence in this parish, and commands an extensive view 

 of the subjacent vale of the Tean, and of Leigh Church, and the 

 country to a considerable extent. This mansion is built of stone : 

 it is two stories high, with neat hidden attics, and has a southern 

 and a western front, each adorned with an elegant portico of eight 

 Ionic columns. The house is surrounded with extensive plantations 

 of oak, elm, fir, and ash trees. The agriculture of the estate is 

 carried on under the improved Scotch system. 



BEAMHURST is a small ancient village to the south-east of this 

 parish, and only remarkable for containing a gentleman's mansion, 

 with a fine grove of lime trees in front. The Moorlands commence 

 to the north-west of the parish, which contains the village of Hol- 

 lin^ton, situated on an eminence. The houses are built of stone, 

 and thatched. 



ROCESTER is a parish situated near the Dove, about four miles 

 N.N.E. of Uttoxeter. It was the demesne of Algar Earl of Mercia, 

 in Edward the Confessor's time. He left it to his son Edwin, who 



