In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ettingshall like this:
ETTINGSHALL, a hamlet in Sedgley parish and a chapelry in Sedgley and Wolverhampton parishes, Stafford. The hamlet lies near the Birmingham and Stafford railway, 2 miles SSE of Wolverhampton; and has a station, of the name of Ettingshall Road, on the railway, and a post office under Wolverhampton. ...
The chapelry includes the hamlet, and was constituted in 1841. Pop., 3, 210. Houses, 626. The property is not much divided. Many of the inhabitants are miners. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church was built in 1838; stands over the mines; is constructed partly of timber; and contains 926 sittings.
Ettingshall through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ettingshall, in Wolverhampton and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21412
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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