Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROCKTON

BROCKTON, a township in Baswick parish, Staffordshire; adjacent to the Stafford and Worcester canal, 4 miles SE of Stafford. Acres, 1,990. Real property, £1,700. Pop., 278. Houses, 51. Brockton House and Brockton Lodge belonged to the Chetwynds.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Brocton

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