A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
WETLEY-ROCKS, a chapelry in Cheddleton and Caverswall, parishes, Stafford; 2 miles SW of Cheddleton r. station, and 5 NW by N of Cheadle. It has a post-office under Stoke-on-Trent. Pop., 950. The property is subdivided. Wetley Abbey and Consall Hall are chief residences. Wetley Rocks proper are a hilly ridge 150 feet high, and ¾ mile long. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £70.* Patrons, the Sneyd Family. The church is good; and there are a New Connexion Methodist chapel, and a national school.
(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: | Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Wetley Rocks |
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