Description
Ellenhall, a village and a parish in Staffordshire, 2 miles SSE of Eccleshall, 4 W of Norton-Bridge station on the L. & N.W. and North Staffordshire railways, and 3^ from Great Bridgeford station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Eccleshall. Acreage, 2549 ; population, 244. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £135 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Lichfield. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1886. It contains a Norman font; in the churchyard is an ancient cross. The shaft is ancient, but the cross is modern. A crucifix recently erected is in lieu of an ancient sun-dial.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
