Gayton was described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in 1870-72 like this: GAYTON, a parish in the district and county of Stafford; near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, 1 mile NE of Weston r.
The increase in population is explained by John Marius Wilson in his Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, the increase in residents was due to the extensions of coal mines in the area.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recorded a parish population of 297 and 62 houses and stated that it covered an area of 4,462 acres.
The most detailed account comes was written between 1870-72 by John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Plumpton as having a population of 42 in 12 houses, and describes the church as "good" and having a "pinnacled tower".
In 1872, John Marius Wilson, in The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" described the Hundred of Rotherbridge as "a hundred in Arundel rape, Sussex, containing Barlavington parish and 11 other parishes.
It is mentioned in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a community with 2,200 acres of land, a population of 740 and 157 households.
In 1870 - 1872 it was recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales that Wigmore village was a seat of petty-sessions and that it had a post office, a police station, two Methodist chapels and a national school.
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The John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) states that the Flemingston parish was within the Bridgend district or Glamorgan.