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COSTON-HACKETT, Corton-Hackett, or Cofton-Hackett, a parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcester; on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, adjacent to the Birmingham canal, near Barnt-Green r. station, 4¼ miles NE by N of Bromsgrove. Post town, Northfield, under Birmingham. Acres, 1, 261. Real property, £2, 389. Pop., 173. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Coston Hall is a chief residence The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Northfield, in the diocese of Worcester. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Cofton Hackett CP/Ch Bromsgrove RegD/PLU Worcestershire AncC |
Place names: | COFTON HACKETT | CORTON HACKETT | COSTON HACKETT | COSTON HACKETT CORTON HACKETT OR COFTON HACKETT |
Place: | Cofton Hackett |
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