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OLDBURY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.

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"OLDBURY, a parish in the hundred of STOTTESDEN, county of SALOP, 1 mile (S. by W.) from Bridgenorth, containing 110 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. His Majesty's Commissioners have proposed a grant for the erection of a new church. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyan Methodists. The iron trade is here carried on to a considerable extent: there are also steel-works; and an abundance of iron-stone and coal is obtained. The Birmingham canal nearly surrounds the village. Fairs are on June 6th and October 3rd. A court of requests is held, once a fortnight for the recovery of debts under £5, also courts leet and baron annually: here is a spacious prison for debtors. Edmund Darby, in 1659, gave land, among other purposes, for the erection ana endowment of a school, in which twenty children are educated."

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831](unless otherwise stated)

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]