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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WATERFALL, a parish, with two townships, in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford; 5 miles NE of Froghall r. station, and 7 SE of Leek. Post town, Leek, under Stoke-on-Trent. Acres, 1,530. Real property, £3,066. Pop., 533. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided. There are an iron foundry, and paper, tow, and corn mills. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £60. Patron, A. Henniker, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £7.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Waterfall CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Waterfall |
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