HANBURY, a parish in the northern division of
the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD, comprising-
the chapelries of Marchington and Newborough,
the townships of Coton, Fauld, Hanbury, Hanbury-
Woodend, Marchington-Woodlands, and the hamlet of
Stubby-Lane, and containing 2516 inhabitants, of which
number, 147 are in the township of Hanbury, 6?
miles (N. W. by W.) from Burton upon Trent. The
living is a vicarage, not in charge, in the archdeaconry
of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry,
and in-the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry. The church, dedicated to St. James, is principally
in the later style of English architecture, with
a Norman font, and has lately received an addition
of one hundred and forty-three free sittings, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and
chapels having granted £261 towards defraying the
expense. A school-house was built by subscription in
1815, in which from sixty to seventy children are
taught; it is endowed with about £24 per annum,
arising from bequests by Jane Browne and - Hawkins,
Esq.