Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Aldridge

Aldridge, par. and township with ry. sta., E. Staffordshire, 3 miles NE. of Walsall -- par., 7752 ac. (with Great Barr), pop. 3017; township, pop. 1890; P.O. Potters' clay is worked, and there are collieries and a distillery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aldridge AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Aldridge

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