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BIRCHFIELD, a chapelry in Handsworth parish, Stafford; 3 miles N of Birmingham. It has a post office under Birmingham. Pop., about 2,000. Living, a vicarage. Value, £350. The church was built in 1865.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Handsworth CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Birchfield |
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