Places in Walsall in 1868

WALSALL

"BLOXWICH, a village in the parish and borough of Walsall, in the hundred of Offlow, county of Stafford, 2 miles to the N. of Walsall. It is a station on the South Staffordshire railway. The Essington and Wyrley canal passes through this place. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £150, in the patronage of the Vicar of Walsall. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There are chapels belonging to the Roman Catholics and the Wesleyans."

"LITTLE BLOXWICH, a hamlet in the parish and borough of Walsall, in the hundred of Offlow and county of Stafford, close to Bloxwich.

"SHELFIELD, a hamlet in the parish of Walsall, S. division of Offlow hundred, county Stafford, 2 miles from Walsall, and 19 S.E. of Stafford."

"WINDMILL, a hamlet in the parish of Walsall, county Stafford, 2 miles from Walsall, and 19 S.E. of Stafford."

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