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Modern Name
Type
Field
Grid Reference
SJ 97815 55030
Parish
Leek
County
Staffordshire
Source
593/H/3/380
Source Full Title
Map of Wallgrange c. 1714
Source Location
Stafford Record Office
Source Catalogue Reference
D595/H/3/380
Source URL
Date
c. 1714
Notes
Township: Longsdon
Farm: Wall Grange
Major field 130a-1r-30p documented well back into the medieval period. See VCH VII. Tenure has implications for past history as part of a royal forest. See Tringham Vol.5 Staffs Studies for a vital transcript. Substantial hay linked to Wall Grange and carrying the implication as a elsewhere, that for the major estates/farms there was land dedicated to the provision of holly as winter fodder. Here half the area is shown as wooded, in this case the steep slopes dipping down towards the River Churnet.