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Sedgley in 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"SEDGLEY, a parish and post town in the N. division of Seisdon hundred, county Stafford, 3 miles N. of Dudley, and the same distance S. of Wolverhampton. This populous parish is situated in a mineral district near the line of the North-Western railway, and on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal, which intersects the parish in various directions. The parish contains Upper and Lower Gornall, Brierley, and three other villages.  (There is more of this description).

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Sedgley is to be found on a supplementary page.

  • Brierley
  • Coseley
  • Cotwallend
  • Ettingshall
  • Upper Gornal
  • Lower Gornal
  • Woodsetton

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]