Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RANSCLIFF

RANSCLIFF, a township in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; 1 mile N W of Burslem. Real property, £14, 754; of which £13,000 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1, 274; in 1861, 1, 443. Houses, 273.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wolstanton CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Ravenscliffe

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