A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ARLEY (Upper), a parish in the district of Kidderminster, and county of Stafford; in the southwestern projection of the county, on the river Severn, and on the Severn Valley railway, at Arley r. station, 4½ miles NNW of Bewdley. It has a post office under Bewdley. Acres, 3,912. Real property, £9,031. Pop., 886. Houses, 158. Arley Hall here is the seat of Viscount Valentia: and there is an ancient camp in the woods of its park. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £255. Patron, Viscount Valentia.* The church is conspicuously situated, and has a fine prospect. Charities, £35.
(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: | Upper Arley CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place names: | ARLEY | ARLEY UPPER | UPPER ARLEY |
| Place: | Upper Arley |
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