Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BENTLEY

BENTLEY, a township in Wolverhampton parish, Stafford; near the Northwestern railway, 2 miles W by N of Walsall. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £4,327: of which £1,270 are in mines, and £500 are in iron-works. Pop., 346. Houses, 68. The inhabitants are employed largely in collieries and iron-works. Bentley Hall belonged to Col. Lane, who sheltered Charles II. after the battle of Worcester; and was the seat of the late Hon. E. Anson.


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

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bentley CP/Tn       Wolverhampton Tn/AP/CP/Ch       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Bentley

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