Places in Wolverhampton in 1868

WOLVERHAMPTON

"BENTLEY, a township in the parish of Wolverhampton, hundred of Offlow, in the county of Stafford, 3 miles from Wolverhampton. The London and North-Western railway passes near it. The inhabitants of the township are chiefly employed in the collieries and iron-works of the neighbourhood. The principal residence is Bentley Hall, formerly the seat of Colonel and Miss Lane, who distinguished themselves by the services they rendered to Charles II. after the defeat of Worcester, and recently the seat of the Hon. E. Anson."

"FEATHERSTONE, a township in the parish of Wolverhampton, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 1 mile S. of Shareshill, and N.E. of Wolverhampton. The Stafford and Wolverhampton railway passes in the vicinity."

"HATHERTON, a township in the parish of Wolverhampton, East division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 3 miles S.E. of Penkridge. This township includes a small tract of common, formerly of considerable extent. The principal residence is Hatherton Hall, which gives title of baron to Lord Hatherton, of Teddesley."

"HILTON, a township in the parish of Wolverhampton, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 5 miles N.E. of Wolverhampton. It formerly had a small Cistercian Abbey, founded in 1223, which was given to the Astons of Tixall at the Dissolution. Here was anciently a chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist."

"KINVASTON, a township in the parish of Wolverhampton, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, county Stafford, 8 miles N. of Wolverhampton, and 2½ S.W. of Penkridge."

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