A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Penkridge. You may be able to find further references to Penkridge in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Penkridge | small town, parish, and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| PENNOCRUCIUM | a quondam Roman station | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Penkridge.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bickford | village | Bartholomew |
| BICKFORD | a village | Imperial |
| Congreve | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Coppenhall | township | Bartholomew |
| COPPENHALL | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Drayton | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| DRAYTON | a township | Imperial |
| Dunston | township | Bartholomew |
| DUNSTON | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Gailey | hamlet with railway station | Bartholomew |
| LEVEDALE | a liberty | Imperial |
| LONGRIDGE | a liberty | Imperial |
| LOVEDALE | a township | Imperial |
| LYNEHILL | a liberty | Imperial |
| MITTON | a liberty | Imperial |
| OTHERTON | a liberty | Imperial |
| PILLATON | a liberty | Imperial |
| RODBASTON | a liberty | Imperial |
| Stretton | township and village | Bartholomew |
| STRETTON | a chapelry | Imperial |
| WATER-EATON | a liberty | Imperial |
| WHISTON | a liberty | Imperial |
| WOLGARSTONE | a liberty | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Penkridge within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| William Camden | Worcestershire and Staffordshire | 5 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 7, Part 1: Cheshire and North-West Midlands | 2 |
| William Camden | Shropshire and Cheshire | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Sept. 2 - Dec. 31, 1746: The Midlands and the North-East | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Jan. 1- Apr. 27, 1747: Yorkshire, Manchester and Bristol | 1 |
| Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Staffordshire | 1 |
| Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Shrewsbury to Bristol | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Lichfield | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Kinvaston | 0 | 2 |
| Cuttlestone | 0 | 2 |
| Gailey | 0 | 2 |
| Bickford | 0 | 2 |
| Stretton | 0 | 2 |
| Dunston | 0 | 2 |
| Teddesley Hay | 0 | 3 |
| Hatherton | 0 | 2 |
| Huntington | 0 | 2 |
| Acton Trussell | 0 | 2 |
| Bednall | 0 | 1 |
| Coppenhall | 0 | 2 |
| Bradley | 0 | 2 |
| Lapley | 0 | 2 |
| Wollaston | 0 | 1 |
| Wheaton Aston | 0 | 3 |
| Rickerscote | 0 | 1 |
| Brewood | 1 | 2 |
| Saredon | 0 | 2 |
| Coven | 0 | 2 |