Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wetley Rocks

Wetley Rocks, eccl. dist., Cheddleton par., Staffordshire, 5 miles NW. of Cheadle, pop. 936; P.O.; contains Wetley Abbey, seat. Wetley Rocks form a hilly ridge, ¾ mile in length, and attain an alt. of 150 ft.


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

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Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cheddleton CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Wetley Rocks

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