Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IPSLEY

IPSLEY, a parish in Alcester district, Warwick; on the river Arrow and the Redditch railway, contiguous to Worcestershire, 1¾ mile SE by E of R edditch railway station. It contains Headless Cross village, and part of Redditch town, each of which has a post office under Bromsgrove; and contains also part of Crabs-Cross village. Acres, 2, 514. Real property, £5, 601. Pop. in 1851, 1, 099; in 1861, 1, 127. Houses, 234. The property is chiefly divided between two. The manufacture of needles and fish hooks is carried on at Ipsley Mills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £588.* Patron, the Rev.Dolben. The church is very ancient; has an embattled tower; and contains some very old monuments of the Huband family. The rectory of Headless Cross is a separate benefice. A Roman Catholic chapel was recently erected on the border of the parish, at a cost of £6, 000. W. S. Landor, Esq., the author of "Imaginary Conversations, " was a resident.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ipsley AP/CP       Alcester RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Ipsley

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