Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORSELEY

HORSELEY, a township in Eccleshall parish, Stafford; 1 mile SW of Eccleshall. It includes the hamlets of Garmelow and Cotmere, and a place called Offley-Hey; and contains a lake of about 40 acres, well stocked with fish. Acres, 2, 520. Real property, £3, 828. Pop., 532. Houses, 134. Walton Hall and Johnson Hall are chief residences.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eccleshall CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Horseley

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