Uttoxeter, a market town and parish, in the south division of the hundred of Totmonslow and county of Stafford, occupies a lofty situation near the river Dove; Pop. 4,864, An. As. Val. £24,257. Market on Wednesday, principally for corn; fairs, Tuesday before Old Candlemas, Thursday in Easter week, May 6, June 3, July 4 and 31, for horned cattle and sheep; September 1, 19, November ll and 27, for colts and horned cattle. The town depends chiefly upon the influx of persons attending its excellent markets. It has, however, a good trade in clock cases, malt, corn, cheese; a great many bricks are made in the neighbourhood, in which also there are a number of forges. The Grand Trunk Canal, which passes near one end of the town, very much assists the export of bricks.
The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, has been rebuilt in the Gothic style, with the exception of the ancient tower and beautiful and lofty spire, which is 150 feet high. The living is a dis-vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; K.B. £7 1s. 8d. Patrons, the dean and canons of Windsor. Here are also places of worship for various dissenters and the society of friends, a Free Grammar-school for 15 boys, a National School, supported by subscription, Almshouses for twelve poor people, and an Apprentice Fund of £60 per annum. The town has a fine stone Bridge, over the Dove, and a handsome Market Place. This was the birth-place of Admiral Gardner, who successfully opposed Horne Tooke
