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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hednesford like this:
HEDNESFORD, a township in Cannock parish, Stafford; in Cannock Chase, and on the Walsall and Stafford railway, 2 miles NE of Cannock, and 6 ESE of Penkridge. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stafford. Pop., not separately returned. Hednesford Hall is a chief residence. Hednesford hills are noted for their breed of blood horses. coal mining is largely carried on. A church was built in 1868; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Hednesford is now part of CANNOCK CHASE District. Click here for graphs and data of how CANNOCK CHASE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hednesford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hednesford, in Cannock Chase and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24151
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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