A vision of Britain through time
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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.
RUSHALL, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Walsall district, Stafford; on the North Staffordshire railway, 1 mile N N E of Walsall. Acres, 1, 924. Post-town, Walsall. Real property, £8,094; of which £570 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1, 946; in 1861, 2, 842. Houses, 586. The property is divided among a few. Aseat of the Bowleses, the Grobbers, and the Leighs was here, but went to ruin. Limestone and ironstoneabound, and are worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £292.* Patrons, W. Mellish and B. Gurdon, Esqs. The church was rebuilt in 1444, and recently repaired. An Independent chapel was built in 1861; and is in the early English style, with a tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rushall AP/CP Walsall RegD/PLU Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Rushall |
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