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.
PERRY-BARR, a hamlet and a chapelry in Handsworth parish, Staffford. The hamlet lies on Icknield-street, the Liverpool canal, and the Northwestern and South Staffordshire railways, adjacent to Warwickshire, 2½ miles N of Birmingham; and has stations on the railways. The chapelry contains also the hamlet of Perry, which has a post-office under Birmingham. Real property, £8, 146. Pop. in 1851, 832; in 1861, 1,061. Houses, 176. Perry Hall was rebuilt by the Hon. F. Gough, in the Tudor style; and contains the manuscripts of W. Gough, uncle to Gough the antiquary. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200.* Patron, Lord Calthorpe. The church was built in 1833, at a cost of £10,000; and is a fine cruciformstructure, with a tower. Oscott college is here.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Perry Barr |
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