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2 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY

The greatest length of Staffordshire, from the north part of Ax-Edge common to the south part of Woods Eaves(south of the Severn), from N N E toS,S Wis sixty English miles; and the greatest breadth, from the junction of the Trent and Dove, near Newton Solney, to the.west point of Terley Heath, near Drayton, nearly from east to west, is thirty-eight miles: the county contains in gross 1220 square miles, and 780,800 statute acres.

Secr. 2.—Divisions.

Tis county was 4a part of the ancient Cornavii. Under the Saxon Heptarchy, it belonged to the kingdom of Mercia. In the modern political arrangement of the kingdom, it isin the Oxford circuit; and respecting its ecclesiastical govern- ment, within the diocese of Litchfield and Coventry. It is divided into five hundreds: 1. Totmanslow to the north; 2. Pyrehill to the north-west; 3. Cudlestone to the south- west; 4. Offlow to the east; and 5. Seisdon to the south. It contains twenty-four market-towns, one or two other places where fairs are held, one hundred and eighty-one pa- rishes, but of these more particulars hereafter; and probably about two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants.

The following is a List of the Market-Towns and Parishes of this County.

MARKET-TOWNS, ANCIENT AND MODERN.

1. Stafford, the county town, market-day Saturday.

2. Litchfield,*-- Friday.

2 Wolverhampton,== Wednesday. 4. Walsall, x~- Tuesday.

5. Burton on Trent,-- Thursday. 6. Uttoxeter,-~- Wednesday. 4. Newcastle,--- Monday.

8. Leek,--: Wednesday. g.. Stone,--“ Tuesday.

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