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HILL, a hamlet and a chapelry in Sutton-Coldfield parish, Warwick. The hamlet lies near a branch of the river Tame, the Birmingham and Lichfield railway, and the boundary with Stafford, 1½ mile N of Sutton-Coldfield. The chapelry was constituted in 1853; and its post town is Sutton-Coldfield, under Birmingham. Pop., 1, 246. Houses, 295. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Sutton-Coldfield. The church was built in 1835; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Sutton Coldfield AP/CP Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Hill |
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