230 A TOPOGRAPHICAL 



of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rev. Dellaber Pritchett, A.M. 

 is rector. 



The following epitaph in the church-yard is unique : 



" ID sixteen hundred and ninety -three, 



GEORGE WOOD, of Cheadle, set this tree ; 



Which was alive, but now he's dead, 



Up to this stone here lies his head. 



Be sure you have account to give, 



When you are dead, how you did live." 



He was buried at the root of a yew-tree of his own planting, 

 which is now rooted-up. 



There is a chapel belonging to the Calvinists in Cheadle. A 

 free-school has long been established in this town, endowed with 

 twenty pounds a-year. 



DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-MOORS is a small parish about three miles 

 S.w. of Cheadle, and situated on the northern bank of the river 

 Blithe. The village of Draycott is small and irregular. The 

 only manufacture carried on here is that of tape : about eight 

 looms, belonging to Messrs. Philips, of Tean, are employed in this 

 village. 



The Church is situated on a hill, in a rural spot near the village. 

 It is a neat structure of stone : the tower and the body of the 

 church are modern, and the principal entrance is adorned with two 

 lofty Doric columns, and a pediment ; but the chancel, which is 

 very ancient, is Gothic. The nave of the church is spacious, the 

 roof is supported by columns of the Doric order, and the pews are 

 of oak. In the chancel, and two small chapels, there are several 

 monuments of the Draycott family, with figures in alabaster, re- 

 cumbent on altar tombs. At the south side of the church, close 

 to the wall on the outside, is the recumbent figure of a knight in 

 armour, with his right hand on the hilt of his sword, and a dragon 

 at his feet. It is dedicated to St. Peter, and is a rectory. The 

 present rector, the Rev. Robert Porter, purchased the living, the 

 rectory-house, and estate, from the late Mr. Bill, some years ago. 

 Longevity. " Hannah, the wife of Thomas Barnes, departed 

 this life the 17th Dec. 1777, aged 100 years." 



The parish of Draycott contains 92 houses, 97 families ; 262 

 males, 274 females : total inhabitants 536. 



Totmanslow is an ancient but obscure hamlet in this parish, con- 

 sisting of two or three farm-houses, and a few smaller tenements : 

 this place, equally insignificant with Seisdon, gives name to the 

 hundred. 



