Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRETTEL-LANE

BRETTEL-LANE, a hamlet in the SW of Stafford; adjacent to the West Midland railway, 1½ mile NNE of Stourbridge. It has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Brierley-Hill, several potteries, and some glass-works.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Staffordshire Ancient County
Place: Brettel Lane

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