Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SPARKBROOK

SPARKBROOK, a chapelry in Aston parish, Warwick; on the river Cole and the Oxford and Birmingham railway, 2¼ miles SW of Birmingham. It has a r. station jointly with Smallheath, and a post-office under Birmingham. Pop., about 3,100. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aston AP/CP       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Sparkbrook

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