A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HEDNESFORD, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; in Cannock Chase, and on the Walsall and Stafford railway, 2 miles NE of Cannock, and 6 ESE of Penkridge. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stafford. Pop., not separately returned. Hednesford Hall is a chief residence. Hednesford hills are noted for their breed of blood horses. coal mining is largely carried on. A church was built in 1868; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cannock AP/CP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Hednesford |
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