THURSFIELD, a chapelry in the parish ofWoLSTANTON,
northern division of the hundred of PIREHILL,
county of STAFFORD, 6 miles (N. by B.) from
Newcastle under Lyne, containing 265 inhabitants. Dr.
Robert Hulme, in 1708, bequeathed certain lands, now
producing an annual income of £63. 4., for which
eighteen boys are taught; and two others are instructed
for an annuity of thirty shillings, left by Joseph Brown.
James Brindley, of Turnhurst, the celebrated engineer,
was interred here in 1772; a plain altar-tomb has been
erected to his memory.