YOXHALL, a parish in the northern division of
the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD, 7 miles
(N. N. E.) from Lichfield, containing, with the township
of Hoarcross, 1756 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£17. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Hon. Mrs.
Leigh. .The church, dedicated to St. Peter, exhibits
various styles of architecture, from the Norman to the
later English. A free school, founded in 1695, by
Thomas Taylor, is endowed with various bequests producing
about £20 per annum. Yoxhall is in the
honour of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster, and within, the
jurisdiction of a court of pleas held at Tutbury every
third Tuesday, for the recovery of debts under 40s. In
levelling a piece of ground, about forty vessels of a
soft brown earthenware, containing ashes and human
bones, were taken up some years ago.