Longnor, Staffordshire

Description
Longnor, a small market-town, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire. The town stands on the river Manifold, near the river Dove at the boundary with Derbyshire, 6 miles SSE of Buxton, and 10 NE of Leek, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bnxton. Markets are held on Tuesdays, and fairs on Easter Tuesday, 4 and 17 May, and Whit-Tuesday. A market hall waa erected in 1873. The township includes the village. Acreage, 813; population, 509. The ecclesiastical parish includes also the township of Heathylee and part of that of Fawfieldhead. Population, 1309. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, s£190. Patron, the Vicar of Alstonefield. The church was rebuilt in 1780, was enlarged with galleries in 1812, and contains a Norman font. There is a Wesleyan chapel.