In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hamstead like this:
HAMSTEAD, a railway station on the SE border of Stafford; on the Birmingham and Wolverhampton railway, between Perry-Barr and Newton-Road. Hamstead Hall is near it, on the river Tame; and is an old seat, with grounds notable for a lime tree 23 feet in girth.
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Hamstead through time
Hamstead is now part of Birmingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Birmingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hamstead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hamstead, in Birmingham and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24149
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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