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MOSELEY, a hamlet in Bushbury parish, Stafford; on the Northwestern railway and the Grand Junction canal. 4 miles N by E of Wolverhampton. Pop., 53. Moseley Court and Moseley Hall are chief residences; and the former gave concealment to Charles II., and retains his hiding-place and his bed in their original condition.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Bushbury Tn/CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Moseley |
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