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After centuries of sheep-grazing the uplands of northern
Staffordshire are now to a large extent moorland, although even before this, the region was mostly unattractive to early settlers. It is noteworthy, as showing where the centres of these hundreds lay, that the meeting-places of the two northern
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1190–200). A large number of
Hundred names refer to hills or mounds. Some of these at least are very conspicuous hills, which afford a commanding view of the countryside for miles around. It seems likely that such sites were chosen as being remote, and where interference was most easily avoided.
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Totmonslow is one of the largest of the 5 hundreds of
Staffordshire, having an area of 169,788 acres (265 sq.miles) and the population in 1851 was 50,050. The hundred was divided into two divisions Totmanslow North and Totmanslow South by the Justices of the Peace, which an area of 100,234 and
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352:, a distance of 25 miles, and averaging from 10 to 15 miles in breadth. The River Dove forms its eastern boundary for nearly 30 miles, and separates it from
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meaning 'hill' or 'mound'. Other examples of this personal name are recorded from the 10th century onwards (e.g. Roberto
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into counties, hundreds and tithings. From the beginning, Staffordshire was divided into the hundreds of
Totmonslow,
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Totmonslow, or
Totmanslow, is the north-eastern Hundred of Staffordshire, and contains the upland region called the
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A topographical history of
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declined from the 17th century, and most of their functions were extinguished with the establishment of
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Of the local government
Districts created in the 1974 re-organisation, nearly all of
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History, Gazetteer and
Directory of Staffordshire by William White (1834), page 696
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History, Gazetteer and
Directory of Staffordshire by William White (1834), page 696
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History, Gazetteer and
Directory of Staffordshire by William White (1834), page 744
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The English Hundred Names, by Olof Anderson, Lund (Sweden), 1934. Page xxxiii
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The English Hundred Names, by Olof Anderson, Lund (Sweden), 1934. Page 144
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in 1867. In 1894 the Hundred was made obsolete with the establishment of
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The origin of the hundred dates from the division of his kingdom by King
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by the River Dane. In the 19th century it contained four market towns,
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and Totmonslow) are in the extreme south of the respective hundreds.
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See www.staffordshire.gov.uk as compared with above list of parishes
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Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, by John Marius Wilson, 1872
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falls within Totmonslow Hundred, as does a substantial part of
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The Hundred has an irregular, oval figure, stretching from the
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69,554 acres respectively. Each had its own constable and
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181:The name of the place derives from Old English
46:Totmonslow Hundred (red) shown in Staffordshire
862:The English Counties Delineated, Volume 2, by
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392:The hundred contained the following parishes:
963:States and territories disestablished in 1894
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16:Hundred in Staffordshire, England
729:(all in the ancient parish of
275:National Park. It consists of
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200:History and organisation
779:Staffordshire Moorlands
713:The 10 chapelries were
265:Staffordshire Moorlands
785:including the town of
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79: • Abolished
27:Former subdivision of
875:See Staffordshire in
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435:Bradley in the Moors
327:and rocky uplands.
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973:Hamlets in Somerset
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753:(Mayfield parish),
177:Derivation of names
134:Parishes (see text)
59: • Origin
783:East Staffordshire
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255:in Staffordshire.
140: • Units
63:Anglo-Saxon period
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805:References
791:Derbyshire
674:Waterfall
493:Cheddleton
463:Caverswall
401:Pop. 1831
380:hundreds (
354:Derbyshire
281:White Peak
218:Cuttleston
155:Totmonslow
110:Government
22:Totmonslow
787:Uttoxeter
759:Meerbrook
751:Butterton
715:Elkstones
665:Uttoxeter
602:Kingston
533:Ellastone
445:Bramshall
374:Uttoxeter
350:Uttoxeter
325:moorlands
293:Dark Peak
289:gritstone
277:limestone
259:Geography
234:Ellastone
799:Cheshire
747:Mayfield
647:Rocester
638:Oakover
629:Mayfield
593:Kingsley
583:Ipstones
543:Gratwich
513:Dilhorne
483:Checkley
454:Cauldon
406:Alveton
388:Parishes
382:Pirehill
358:Cheshire
344:, above
301:Manifold
269:Pennines
241:hundreds
210:Pirehill
144:Parishes
927:52°57′N
763:Onecote
743:Croxden
727:Longnor
723:Warslow
553:Grindon
503:Croxden
473:Cheadle
370:Cheadle
366:Longnor
321:Churnet
222:Seisdon
193:Tateman
183:Tatmonn
161:in the
159:hundred
113:Hundred
93:various
51:History
29:England
930:2°00′W
735:Calton
683:Wetton
656:Sheen
620:Leigh
615:10789
563:Horton
398:Parish
372:, and
319:, and
313:Blithe
214:Offlow
163:county
102:Status
755:Endon
739:Blore
719:Flash
698:46303
693:Total
669:4864
651:1040
633:1366
623:1038
597:1416
587:1325
537:1344
517:1510
497:1664
487:2247
477:4119
467:1207
425:Blore
419:4757
409:2401
346:Flash
305:Hamps
157:is a
765:and
725:and
687:497
677:531
659:366
611:Leek
605:368
577:210
573:Ilam
567:878
557:431
547:116
527:539
507:272
457:347
449:170
429:354
362:Leek
317:Dane
309:Tean
297:Dove
285:coal
251:and
220:and
187:hlaw
35:1894
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439:75
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