Places in Kinver in 1868

KINVER

"COMPTON, a hamlet in the parish of Kinver, in the county of Stafford, 2 miles W. of Kinver. It is situated on the Stafford and Birmingham canal."

"STOURTON CASTLE, a seat in the parish of Kinver, county Stafford, 3 miles W. of Stourbridge. It is on the banks of the Stour, near the old seat of the Hamptons, where Cardinal Pole was born in 1500, and which was taken by the Roundheads in 1644."

 

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