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.
REDDAL-HILL, a chapelry in Rowley-Regis parish, Stafford; adjacent to Worcestershire, 2½ miles E by S of Brierley-Hill r. station, and 2½ S by E of Dudley. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Dudley. Rated property, about £16,000. Pop. in 1861, 10, 349. Houses, 1, 907. The property is much subdivided. The inhabitants are chiefly miners, nailers, and chain-makers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1847, and is in the early English style. There are several dissenting chapels and an endowed 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: | Rowley Regis Ch/CP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Reddall Hill |
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