Alstonfield, Staffordshire Family History Guide
Alstonfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.
Alternative names: Allstonefield, Alstonefield
Other places in the parish include: Heathylee, Quarnford, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Fairfieldhead, Warslow, and Elkstone.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Hartington Derbyshire
- Wetton
- Ilam
- Longnor
- Sheen
- Thorpe Derbyshire
- Alsop en le Dale Derbyshire
- Biggin Derbyshire
- Warslow
Parish History
Alstonfield
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALLSTONEFIELD, or Allstonfield, a village, a township, and a parish on the NE border of Staffordshire, contiguous to Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Dove, 8 miles NNW of Ashborne r. station; and has a post-office under Ashborne. The township contains also the hamlet of Stanshope and a workhouse; and is in the district of Ashborne. Acres, 2,700. Real property, £4,488. Pop., 651. Houses, 140.
The parish contains also the townships of Heathylee, Quarnford, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Fairfieldhead, Warslow, and Elkstone, in the district of Leek. Acres, 21,860. Real property, £19,824. Pop., 4,117. Houses, 917. The property is divided among a few. Coal, lead ore, and copper are worked. Isaac Walton indulged his angling propensities here, with his friend Cotton of Beresford Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, Sir John Crewe, Bart. The church is a beautiful structure in early English style, with a pinnacled tower. The p. curacies of Quarnford, Longnor, Warslow, and Elkstone are separate benefices. Charities, £54.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Fairfield Head
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Fairfield Head, a township in Allstonefield parish, Stafford; 7 ½ miles NE by N of Leek. Real property, £4,298. Pop., 817. Houses, 175. There are two small churches, and two Wesleyan chapels.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Fairfield-Head, a township, in the parish of Alstonfield, union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 7½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Leek; containing 991 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Fairfield Head, co. Stafford.
P.T. Ashborne (139) 5 m. NNW. Pop. 1135.
A township in the parish of Allstonefield and north division of the hundred of Totmonslow.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Alstonfield Online Parish Registers
Alstonfield Parish Registers 1659 to 1750
Births and Baptisms
Alstonfield, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1868-1890