In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brocton like this:
BROCKTON, a township in Baswick parish, Staffordshire; adjacent to the Stafford and Worcester canal, 4 miles SE of Stafford. Acres, 1,990. Real property, £1,700. Pop., 278. Houses, 51. Brockton House and Brockton Lodge belonged to the Chetwynds.
Brocton through time
Brocton is now part of Stafford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stafford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brocton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brocton, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7914
Date accessed: 23rd May 2024
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