Caverswall, Staffordshire

Description
Caverswall, a village and a parish in Staffordshire. The village lies on the river Blythe, 1 mile NE of BIythe-Bridge station on the North Staffordshire railway, 3 miles E of Longton, and 4 W of Cheadle. It has a post office under Stoke-upon-Trent; money order office, BIythe-Bridge ; telegraph office, BIythe-Bridge railway station. Fail's are held. on the 2nd Tuesday in April and October. The parish contains also the hamlets of Weston-Coyney, Hulme, and, Werrington. Acreage, 5296; population of the civil parish, 6147; of the ecclesiastical, 6125. Caverswall Castle is a large edifice with lofty keep and four corner towers; was built originally in the time of Edward II. by Sir William de Caverswall; rebuilt in the time of James I., and converted in 1810 into a Benedictine nunnery. It is now a gentleman's residence; in the grounds is a Roman Catholic chapel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £310 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1880; it contains monuments of Sir William de Caverswall and Earl St Vincent. There is a Wesleyan chapel.