MUCKLESTON, otherwise MUXON, a parish comprising
the townships of Bearston, Dorrington, Gravenhanger,
and Woore, in the Drayton division of the
hundred of BRADFORD (North), county of SALOP, and
the townships of Aston, Kneighton, Muckleston, Oakley,
and Winnington, in the northern division of the
hundred of PIREHILL, county of STAFFORD, and containing
1753 inhabitants, of which number, 179 are in
the township of Muckleston, 4 miles (N. E.) from Drayton
in Hales. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry,
rated in the king's books at £20. 3. 9., and in the
patronage of Lord Crewe. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary. Several small sums have been bequeathed
by different individuals for the education of children.