Forsbrook Village Staffordshire Moorlands

FORSBROOK is a civil parish; the ecclesiastical parish was formed May 4, 1849, from the parishes of Dilhorne and Stone, and includes Blythe Bridge, where there is a station on the North Staffordshire section of the London, Midland and Scottish railway, and is 3 1/2 miles south-west from Cheadle, in the Stone division of the county, hundred of North Totmonslow, and rural district petty sssional division and rural deanery of Cheadle, archdeaconary of Stoke-upon-Trent and diocese of Lichfield. The church of St. Peter, erected at a cost of about £1,950, is a building of stone in the Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, west porch and a western turret containing one bell: in 1912 the church was enlarged by the addition of a north aisle at a cost of £1,500: the stained east window is a memorial to Charles Harvey esq. of Blythe House, and there are others to the Brammall family, 1899-1903, James Marson esq. of Marsh House, and Mr. and Mrs. Scarratt: an alabaster reredos and an oak altar were erected in memory of John Aynsley esq. and oak choir stalls in memory of Marie, wife of Thomas George Barlow: in 1883 an organ chamber was erected, and an organ built in 1908 the organ was practically rebuilt at a cost of £250: an organ case has since been erected as a memorial to William Hudson esq.: there are 380 sittings. The register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £375, with residence,in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, and held
since 1908 by the Rev. Ernest William Bridgwood, of Lichfield College, who is also a surrogate. There is a small Methodist chapel here, erected in 1856. The soil is principally clay; sub-soil, clay, and in some parts sandstone rock. The crops are cereals of all kinds. The area is 1,298 acres; the population of the civil parish in 1921 was 2,028, and of the ecclesiastical parish in 1921, 2,076.
Boundary and Daisybank hamlets are 1 mile north-east.
Letters through Stoke-on-Trent. Blythe Bridge nearest M. O. & T. office.

BLYTHE MARSH is a hamlet in Forsbrook township, on the river Blythe, with a station (Blythe Bridge) on the Crewe and Uttoxeter section of the London, Midland and Scottish railway,140 ¾ miles from London. There is a Wesleyan chapel, entirely rebuilt of stone in 1882 at a cost of £800, and holding about 200 persons; a Sunday school was erected in 1905 at the cost of £950. Every alternate Monday a cattle sale is held at the Smithfield hotel by Messrs. Bagshaws and sons.

Post, M. O., T. & T. E. D. Office, Blythe Bridge.
Letters arrive from Stoke
Railway Station (L. M. & S.). - Blythe Bridge