A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FORSBROOK, a township in Dilhorne parish, and a chapelry in Dilhorne and Stone parishes, Stafford. The township lies near the Blyth-Bridge station of the Stoke and Uttoxeter railway, 3 miles WSW of Cheadle. Real property, £3, 301. Pop., 724. Houses, 162. The chapelry comprises nearly all the township; includes only a small part of Stone parish; and was constituted in 1849. Post town, Blyth-Marsh, under Stone. Pop., 765. Houses, 168. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £158.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dilhorne AP/CP Stone CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Forsbrook |
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