In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pleck like this:
PLECK and BESCOT, a chapelry in Walsall parish, Stafford; around Bescot r. station, 1½ mile S of Walsall. It was constituted in 1860; and its post town is Walsall. Pop., 3, 220. Houses, 650. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £112.* Patron, the Vicar of Walsall. The church is recent. See Bescot.
Additional information about this locality is available for Walsall
Pleck through time
Pleck is now part of Walsall district. Click here for graphs and data of how Walsall has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pleck itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pleck, in Walsall and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25506
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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