Kingswinford in 1868

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

"KINGSWINFORD, a parish and small town in the N. division of the hundred of Seisdon, county Stafford, 3 miles W. of Dudley, its post town, 3 N. of Stourbridge, and 13 N.W. of Birmingham. The parish, which is considerable, is situated on the Stafford and Worcester canal, and contains the hamlets of Bromley, Pensnett, Street End, Worsley, Wall Heath, and Holly Hall. " (There is more of this description).

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

• Ashwood
• Brettell Lane
• Brierley Hill
• Brockmoor
• Pensnett
• Quarry Bank

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