Maer, Staffordshire

Description
Maer, a village and a parish in Staffordshire. The village stands near a lake of about 25 acres, the source of the river Tern, 1 1/2 mile S by W of Whitmore station on the L. & N.W.R., and 6 1/4 miles SW of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and has a post office under Newcastle-under-Lyme ; money order and telegraph office, Whitmore. The parish contains also the hamlets of Maer Heath and Maerway Lane. Acreage, 2750 ; population, 389. The parish council under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of seven members. Maer Hall is the chief residence. Much of the land was wild moor, but has been enclosed and partly planted. Sandstone, for rough building, is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £115 with residence. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1610 and restored in 1880, and contains an altar-tomb of 1604 for Sir John Bowyer and his wife. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.