Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Darlaston

Darlaston.-- town and par. with ry. sta., E. Staffordshire, on Bentley Canal, within the parl. limits of Wednesbury, 122 miles NW. of London, 800 ac., pop. 13,563; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has extensive mfrs. of iron; in the vicinity are coal and iron mines.


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

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Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Darlaston AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Darlaston

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