Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Handsworth

Handsworth.-- town and par. (ry. sta. Handsworth and Smethwick), E. Staffordshire, NW. suburb of Birmingham -- par., 7680 ac., pop. 24,251; town, pop. 22,896; P.O., T.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Handsworth CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Handsworth

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