Baswich amenities are a local Co-op store, an independent hairdressers, and Leasowes primary school (ST17 0HT).

Baswich elected one of the 27 Guardians to the controlling Board, who erected a new workhouse on Marston Road, to the north of Stafford, in 1837–8.

There is no evidence of activity on the 1891 map,[7] but by 1901 a salt works had been established to the west of Baswich Lane, with a large building, a reservoir, and a conveyor to railway sidings.

[8] Salt deposits had been discovered on Stafford Common in 1881, when the Corporation made trial borings to search for a water supply.

[9][10] Later maps show the new salt works to the east of Baswich Lane, where more extensive railway sidings had been constructed.

The railway line to Stafford cuts across the northern edge of this area, and forms a boundary for the housing.

The building is grade II* listed, and contains a painted chest tomb to Brian and Jehanna Fowler, which carries the date 1587.

[16] The churchyard includes a number of interesting tombs, which are individually listed, including two chest tombs enclosed by iron railings, commemorating members of the Harding family,[17] and a square monument capped by a cornice and urn, dedicated to members of the Salt family.