Places in Tettenhall in 1872

TETTENHALL

BOVENHILL, a hamlet in Tettenhall parish, Stafford; 1 mile NW of Wolverhampton. Pop., 17.

COMPTON, a liberty in Tettenhall parish, Stafford; on the Stafford and Birmingham canal, 2 miles W of Wolverhampton. It has a post office under Wolverhampton. Pop., 641.

PENDEFORD, a liberty in Tettenhall parish, Stafford; 4 miles NNW of Wolverhampton. Pop., 285. Pendeford Hall is the seat of the Fowlers.

WIGHTWICK, a hamlet in Tettenhall parish, Stafford; 3 miles W of Wolverhampton.

WROTTESLEY, a prebend in Tettenhall-Regis parish, Stafford; 4 miles WNW of Wolverhampton, and it gives the title of Baron to the family of Wrottesley. Real property, £1,571. Pop., 285. Wrottesley House was built in the 17th century, and was the seat of Lord Wrottesley. The estate belonged anciently to Evesham abbey; and passed to the Wrottesleys, in the time of Henry II.

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]