Ipstones, Staffordshire

Description
Ipstones, a village and a parish in Staffordshire. The village stands on the slope of a lofty eminence above the [river Churnet, 2 1/2 miles NW of Froghall station on the North Staffordshire railway, and 5 N of Cheadle, and has a post and money order office under Stoke-upon-Trent; telegraph office, Froghall railway station. It has a fair on the Monday nearest 6 Nov. The parish contains the hamlet of Foxt. Acreage, 5697; population, 1351. Belmont Hall is a chief residence. The scenery includes cliffs of much height and beauty, and has been much improved by plantations. Gritstone, of good quality for grindstones, is largely quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £171 with residence. The church is plain, has an embattled tower, and contains several monuments of the Sneyd family. There is a small church at Foxt There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.