The Sneyd family were the owners of about 1,250 acres of land in the manor of Tunstall in the 18th century. However, only a small part of this was situated in the town of Tunstall and its vicinity. A survey of the estates of Walter Sneyd, of Keele Hall, made in 1795 shows that they owned almost 200 acres of land around Tunstall. This comprised Holly Wall Farm by Holly Wall Lane and Tunstall Farn at Clay Hills north west of Tunstall containing almost 120 acres of land together with about 80 acres ii various parts of the town of Tunstall.

In 1830 Tunstall Farm was in the occupation of a Mary Younge.  Land on the east side of the farm was in the ownership of the Smith Childe family of Newfield Hall.

7 acres of Tunstall Farm were sold to Mr Robert Williamson, coal and ironmaster, who opened Goldendale ironworks with his brother Hugh Henshall Williamson in the late 1840s.

Tunstall cemetery was laid out on part of Tunstall Farm in 1868.