Pelsall in 1859

PELSALL, a township, in the parish of WOLVERHAMPTON, union of WALSALL, S. division of the hundred of OFFLOW and of the county of STAFFORD, 3 
miles (N.) from Walsall; containing 1026 inhabitants. Pelsall was the seat of Robert de Corbeuil, one of William the Conqueror's barons, and his descendants.

The township comprises 1194 acres, of which 215 are common or waste, and contains several extensive coal-beds, of which two mines are in operation, one in the centre of the township, and the other at Pelsall Wood, where are large iron-works, in connexion with which two blast-furnaces have just been erected: part of the population is employed in making nails. The Wyrley and Essington canal runs through the township.

Here is a living which is a perpetual curacy; net income, £96; patron, Dean of Windsor, as incumbent of the ancient deanery of Wolverhampton. The church, erected in 1798, part of an older structure being incorporated, is in a dilapidated state; but the first stone of a new and enlarged church, to contain 632 sittings, of which 484 will be free, was laid May 1st, 1843. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a small school is endowed with £15 per annum. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]