GRINDON, a parish in the northern division of
the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, county of STAFFORD,
containing 455 inhabitants, of which number, 219 are
in the township of Grindon, 7 miles (E. by S.) from
Leek. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £15.14.2., and in the patronage
of the Marquis of Stafford. The church is dedicated
to All Saints Humphrey Hall and Samuel Nalton, in
1724, subscribed £100 towards the endowment of a
school; this sum, with subsequent minor donations,
now produces £8. 5. a year, for which ten children receive
instruction.