Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OAKLEY

OAKLEY, a township in Mucclestone parish, Stafford; on the river Tern and the Grand Junction canal, 2 miles N E of Drayton-in-Hales. Real property, £1, 269. Pop., 79. Houses, 14. Oakley Hall is the seat of John N. L. Chetwode, Bart.; and stands in a spacious parl .


(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: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Oakley

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