Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLYMHILL

BLYMHILL, a parish in the district of Shiffnall, and county of Stafford; near Watling-street, 5 miles NW by W of Brewood, and 5 ½ SE of Newport r. station. It has a post office under Shiffnall. Acres, 2,925. Real property, £4,519. Pop., 591. Houses, 127. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet or the Albrighton hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £450. Patron, Earl Bradford. The church was repaired in 1859.


(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: Blymhill CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Blymhill

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