Alrewas in 1868

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

"ALREWAS, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 5 miles to the N.E. of Lichfield. It comprises the hamlets of Fradley, Orgreave, and Overley. It is a station on the South Staffordshire railway. The parish is bounded on the N. by the river Trent, and on the E. by the river Tame, and is intersected by the Grand Trunk canal, which joins the Trent here. The Coventry canal also passes through the parish. Early in the 9th century, Alrewas became the possession of the cathedral of Lichfield. The living is a discharged vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, value £328, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists. A worsted-mill furnishes employment to some of the population. There are charities amounting to £26 per annum."

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

• Fradley
• Orgreave
• Overley with Orgreave

 

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