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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Spon Lane like this:
SPON-LANE, a place, with an extensive glass factory, on the S border of Stafford; adjacent to the Birmingham and Wolverhampton railway, 4½ miles WNW of Birmingham. It has a r. station with telegraph.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Spon Lane by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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