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Harborne in 1817

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Description from A Topographical History of Staffordshire by William Pitt (1817)

HARBORNE.

Harborne, situated to the west of Birmingham, is surrounded by the counties of Warwick, Salop, and Worcester. The soil is good corn and grass-land, and very productive of potatoes.

The church is in the deanery of Tamworth, and is a vicarage dedicated to St. Peter: it is a neat structure, with a tower. A charity-school for the education of fifty children, has been established in this parish.

Dr. Plott, ever in quest of marvellous facts, informs us, that "James Sands, of Harborne, died December 6, 1588, aged 140, having outlived five leases of a farm of 21 years each, after his marriage; his wife lived also to 120 years of age."

Population of Harborne in 1811: males 626, females 658; total 1284.