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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CHADDESLEY-CORBETT, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Kidderminster district, Worcester. The village stands on an affluent of the river Severn, 3¼ miles NE of Hartlebury r. station, and 4½ SE of Kidderminster; and has a post office under Kidderminster, and fairs on the last Monday of April and the Monday before 18 Oct. The parish comprises 5,914 acres. Real property, £13,509. Pop., 1,457. Houses, 311. The property is not much divided. There are coal pits, some forges, and a yarn factory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £541.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly Norman, partly later. There are P. Methodist and R. Catholic chapels, two endowed schools, five alms-houses, and other charities £320.-The subdistrict contains three parishes. acres, 9,582. Pop., 2,091. Houses, 448.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chaddesley Corbett AP/CP Chaddesley Corbett SubD Kidderminster RegD/PLU Worcestershire AncC |
| Place: | Chaddesley Corbett |
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