Place:Horton, Staffordshire, England

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NameHorton
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.1129°N 2.0881°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Totmonslow Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Leek, Staffordshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Leek Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district in which the parish was located 1894-1974
Staffordshire Moorlands (district), Staffordshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Horton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire. It is situated about 3 miles (5 km) W of Leek.

It is first attested as Horten(e) in 1226. The place-name Horton is a common one in England. It derives from Old English horu "dirt" and tūn "settlement, farm, estate", presumably meaning "farm on muddy soil".

Horton Hall is a Jacobean manor house, built on the site of an earlier house dating back to the 12th Century. It was in the ownership of the Edge family from the 1330s until 1710. It was damaged in the English Civil War, and rebuilt by Timothy Edge from 1653; his initials with the date occur on the lintel of the gateway in the garden.

Horton was a township in the ancient parish of [[Place:Leek, Staffordshire, England|Leek and a civil parish from 1866. It was part of Leek Rural District from 1894 until 1974 and since 1974 has been located in the Staffordshire Moorlands District. In 1934 it absorbed the neighbouring civil parish of Rudyard.

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  • Article on Horton from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. The article covers the manor, economic history, local government, churches including non-conformists, education and charities for the poor. A map of the parish is included.
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