Place:Bucknall, Staffordshire, England

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NameBucknall
Alt namesBucknall-cum-Bagnallsource: Family History Library Catalog
Bucknall Eaves
TypeTownship, Village
Coordinates53.0249°N 2.143°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandcounty borough of which it had been a part prior to 1894
Stoke Rural (parish), Staffordshire, Englandparish in which it was located 1894-1922
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandcounty borough into which it was transferred in 1922
source: Family History Library Catalog


See Stoke Rural (parish) for a late 19th and 20th century description of Bucknall.

A 19th century description

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bucknall from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BUCKNALL, two townships and a parochial chapelry in Stoke-upon-Trent parish, Stafford[shire]. The townships are Bucknall and Bucknall-Eaves.
"Bucknall lies on the Biddulph branch of the North Staffordshire railway, 2 miles NE of Stoke-upon-Trent; has a [railway] station; and includes the hamlet of Ubberley. Population: 1,498, Houses: 283.
"Bucknall-Eaves lies about a mile further NE. Population: 248. Houses: 50.
"The parochial chapelry bears the name of Bucknall-cum-Bagnall; includes also the township of Bagnall; and was constituted in 1807. Post Town, Hanley, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Real property: £8,621; of which £4,385 are in mines. Population: 2,170. Houses: 408. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the [perpetual] curacy of Bagnall, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £200. Patron: the Rev. E. Powys. The church is good."

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