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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SHENSTONE, a village and a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford. The village stands on an eminence 3½ miles S by W of Lichfield r. station; is a seat of petty-sessions; and has a post-office under Lichfield, and a fair on the last Monday of Feb. The parish contains also seven hamlets, and comprises 8,451 acres. Real property, £17,723. Pop. in 1851, 2,043; in 1861, 2,131. Houses, 436. The property is considerably divided. S. Hall, S. House, S. Moss, S. Lodge, Aston Hall, and Fotherley Hall are chief residences. An ancient castle stood on a spot now called Castle-Field. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £488 Patron, the Rev. Dr. Peel. The church was rebuilt in 1853. The vicarage of Stonnal is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £136.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shenstone AP/CP Lichfield RegD/PLU Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Shenstone |
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