Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HASBURY

HASBURY, a township in Halesowen parish, Salop; adjacent to Worcestershire, 1 mile SW of Halesowen. Pop. in 1851, 1, 166; in 1861, 1, 485. Houses, 311. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of the iron manufacture.


(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: Halesowen AP/Tn/CP       Hasbury Tn/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Hasbury

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