SEIGHFORD, a parish in the southern division
of the hundred of PIREHILL, county of STAFFORD, 2
miles (W. N. W.) from Stafford, containing, with the
townships of Aston and Doxey, 851 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry,
rated in the king's books at £ 6, and in the patronage
of the Crown. The churchis dedicated to Sti Chad.
Six children are instructed for about £3. 3. a year, arising
from a bequest by Dame Dorothy Bridgman.