Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oscott

Oscott, vil., Handsworth par., Staffordshire, 4 miles N. of Birmingham; St Mary's Roman Catholic College (1794, rebuilt 1840, at cost of £60,000) is adjacent.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Handsworth CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Oscott

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