In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birchfield like this:
BIRCHFIELD, a chapelry in Handsworth parish, Stafford; 3 miles N of Birmingham. It has a post office under Birmingham. Pop., about 2,000. Living, a vicarage. Value, £350. The church was built in 1865.
Birchfield through time
Birchfield is now part of Birmingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Birmingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birchfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birchfield, in Birmingham and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20671
Date accessed: 10th October 2024
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