a township two and a quarter miles N.E. by N. from Stanton, contains, conjointly with High Hatton and Greenfields, 2,978a. 3r. 11p. of land: the soil is a mixture of sand and loam. The land in this locality has generally a bold and irregular surface; the scenery is beautifully diversified. The rateable value of Booley is £2,247, 9s. Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart., is the principal landowner, who, with St. John C. Charlton, Esq., are the impropriators of the large tithes, which are commuted for £20 for the above townships; the vicarial tithes are commuted for £78. 10s. Mr. George Dale is also a freeholder.
The principal residents are Mrs. Ann Betton; Thomas Betton, farmer; James Cadman, farmer; John Hendley, farmer; Thomas Lewis, quarry master; William Phillips, farmer; Benjamin Powell, farmer.
HARCOURT
is a small township with a few houses, picturesquely situated one and a half mile north from Stanton. The township contains 234a. 3r. 34p. of land, the owners of which are John Faulkner Wood, Esq.; Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, Bart; and Mrs. Wood. Rateable value, £373. 16s. The rectoral tithes have been commuted for £55. 10s., of which £48 are paid to the impropriators, John F. Wood, Esq., and Sir A. V. Corbet, Bart. The vicar of Stanton receives £7. 10s. Harcourt Park House is a good building of stone.
The principal residents here are William Dale, farmer; The Park farm; and John Powell, The Mill.
HIGH HATTON,
a township and pleasant village, situated two and a half miles east from Stanton-upon-Hine Heath, in 1841 contained 34 houses and 201 inhabitants. The area of this township, conjointly with Booley, is 2,837a. 1r. 4p. The land is generally fertile, and there is some strong soil; in other places there is a mixture of sand and loam. Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The rent charge of this township is included in the return for Booley. Rateable value, £2,095, 1s. St. John Charlton, Esq., is the landowner.
Directory.—William Betteney, farmer; John Espley, blacksmith; John Gollins, farmer, Greenhurst; Ann Heatley, farmer; William Heatley, farmer, the Hall; William Stephen Hoole, farmer, the Wood; Ibbs Margery, farmer; Richard Rodenhurst, farmer, the Heath; Charles Taylor, farmer and shopkeeper.
MOSTON
township is situated two miles north from Stanton, and contains 639a. 0r. 23p. of land, which is the property of Viscount Hill, who is also lord of the manor. The tithes have been commuted for the sum of £16. At the census of 1841 there were 11 houses and 61 inhabitants. Rateable value £960.