Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kingswinford

Kingswinford, par. and v in SW. of Staffordshire --par. (partly within the parl. limits of Dudley, and containing the local government districts of Brierly Hill and Quarry Bank), 7315 ac., pop. 35,767: vil., 3½ miles N W. of Stourbridge; P.O., T.O.; has extensive coal and on mines, also works for the mfr. of iron, glass, bricks, and tiles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kingswinford CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Kingswinford

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