Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIERYHURST, or Brerehurst

BRIERYHURST, or Brerehurst, a township in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; adjacent to the Northwestern railway 2 miles NNE of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Real property, £5,157; of which £400 are in mines. Pop., 4,072. Houses, 798. The working of coal and iron-ore is carried on.


(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: Wolstanton CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place names: BREREHURST     |     BRIERYHURST     |     BRIERYHURST OR BREREHURST
Place: Brieryhurst

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