Codsall in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"CODSALL, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of Seisdon, in the county of Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Wolverhampton, its post town. It has a station on the Birmingham and Shrewsbury branch of the Great Western railway. The parish includes the township of Oaken.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £146, in the patronage of Lord Wrottesley. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was rebuilt in 1848 with the exception of the tower. It is in the early English style. The charities produce about £80 per annum.

The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there are National schools for both sexes. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor."

"OAKEN, a township in the parish of Codsall, S. division of Seisdon hundred, county Stafford, 4½ miles N.W. of Wolverhampton."

 

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]