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.
WROTTESLEY, a prebend in Tettenhall-Regis parish, Stafford; 4½ miles WNW of Wolverhampton. It contains extensive vestiges of an ancient city, supposed to have been Roman; and it gives the title of Baron to the family of Wrottesley. Real property, £2,871. Pop., 285. W. House was built in the 17th century, and was the seat of Lord Wrottesley. The estate belonged anciently to Evesham abbey; and passed to the Wrottesleys, in the time of Henry II., in exchange for Moreton.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Place: | Wrottesley |
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