In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Orgreave like this:
ORGREAVE, a township in Alrewas parish, Stafford; on the river Trent, 4¼ miles N E by N of Lichfield. Real property, £1, 638. Pop., 175. Houses, 38. Orgreave Hall is a seat of the Earl of Lichfield.
Orgreave through time
Orgreave is now part of Lichfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lichfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Orgreave itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Orgreave, in Lichfield and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22566
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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