TEAN, a hamlet in the parish of CRECKLEY,
southern division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW,
county of STAFFORD, 7 miles (N. W. by W.) from Uttoxeter.
The population is returned with the parish.
There is a place of worship for Calvinistic and Wesleyan
Methodists. The manufacture of tape, supposed to t£
the most extensive in Europe, was established at Upper
Tean, in 1748, at which, and in the adjoining bleaching
grounds, several hundred persons find employment.
The proprietors support schools for the children of
their workpeople. In the neighbourhood are several
fine mansions and elegant villas.