INDEX. 



church, trees on the roof, school, and 



tape manufactory, 234 

 Kingston, parish, church, and fertile 



land, 217 

 Knave's Castle, 6. 



L. 



Lapley, priory arid church, 258, soil 

 and situation, formerly a market, 

 279, fortifications, land proprietors, 

 and hamlets, 280 



Lane Delph, suburb of Lane End, 410 



Lane End, modern populous town, 408, 



population, church, and market, 



church tower, longevity, charity 



school, &c. 409 



Lanes, of Bentley, protect Charles II. 



16 



Leigh, large parish, 217, fertile, on 

 JBIythe, 218, church and hamlets, 

 219, schools, &c. 220 

 Loam, 35 3G 



Longcroft, mansion and park, &c. 59 

 Longevity, instances of, 88, 208, 224, 



et passim 



Longdon, large village, 79, ancient 

 manors and families, 80, Beaudesert, 

 ibid, cannel coal, 81, Paget family, 

 82, 83, 84, visited by the Prince 

 Regent, 85, hamlets, 867, Gothic 

 church, 88, longevity, ibid. 

 Lows, 9, 10 

 LEEK,Roches, 39, parish and township, 

 247, population and iuclosures, 248, 

 market and fairs, church, meetingSj 

 schools,charities, 249, eminent men, 

 250, rebel army, 25 1 

 LICH FlELD,city and Bishop's see, 89 

 9 1 ,sheriffalty,92,perambulations,93 

 Greenhill bower, 95, burgage tenures 

 96, parishes, the close and wards 

 houses and population, 97, state o 

 the poor, wages and rents, churches 



98, BorrowcopHill,St.Chadd's well 



99, popish customs, mansions, gar 

 dens, 100, Johnson's willow, Queen 

 Elizabeth, and a great storm, 101 

 the plague, ibid, almshouses, manu 

 factures, markets, conduits, soil 

 streets, public buildings, canal, &c 

 102 103, close and cathedral, civi 

 wars, population, monuments, Bi 

 shops, hamlets, &c. to 131 



Limestone and lime, 34 to 37, 146, 

 Longnor, moorland market town, 244 



church and monuments, ibid. 

 Longport, manufactories and Metho 



dist chapel, 395 



M. 



ladeley, parish, church and village, 

 336, park, Lord Crewe's, 337 

 Heath, Roman coins, &c. found, 

 447 



laer, camp, 8, 9, parish and village, 

 lake, &c. 332, church, Sunday school, 

 heath, &c. 335 



larisions of Nobility, &c. 32, 33 

 Vlanyfold river, 39 



larchington, 57, woodlands, 58, Houn- 

 hill hamlet contains alabaster, ibid. 



larket towns, 17, 33 



larstoii, 279, village and chapel, 313 



laveston Rid ware, south of the Blythe, 

 family feud, 72, now Mr. Cuadwick's, 

 ancient manor house, ibid, extent and 

 pleasant country, 73, Vale of Trent, 

 fish, and swans, 74, otters ib. quails, 

 old and new church and cemetery, 

 parish register, 75, 76, hamlets and 

 priory, &c. 77 



Hayfield, on Dove, pleasant and fertile, 

 224, stone bridge, cotton works, 

 church, Dove-dale, j>rospects,&c.225 



VIediolanum, Roman station, 319 



Vleerbrook, moorland parish, 245 



Members of Parliament for Stafford- 

 shire, 30,31 



Mercia, 8, 15, Kings of, 33 



Mill Dale, 39 



Milstone Green, hamlet, 386 



Milwich, large parish and village, 308 



Moated houses, 12 



Modern farming, suggestions for im- 

 proving, 450 



Moorlands, 36, great elevations of, 37- 

 38, peculiarities of, 89 



Morredge, peat mosses, 40 



Mucclestone, parish, village, &c. 332. 



N. 



Naseby, battle of, 16 



Needwood Forest, 53, 54, its lodges and 

 dingles, 55, Mr.Mundy's poem* on, 56 



Newbold, manor, Mr. Webb's, curious 

 property ascribed to the soil of a 

 place called the Clots, 60 



Newborough, its chapel, 58, linen 

 weavers, ibid. 



NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, its ori- 

 gin, 1 1 , borough town, 35 1 , markets, 

 fairs, manors, castle, 352, waters, 

 antiquities, charters, confiscations, 

 burgage tenures, church, meetings, 

 schools, manufactures, roads, canals, 

 inc'osures, population, ancient cus- 

 toms, eminent men, &c. to 369 



