In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hill like this:
HILL, a hamlet and a chapelry in Sutton-Coldfield parish, Warwick. The hamlet lies near a branch of the river Tame, the Birmingham and Lichfield railway, and the boundary with Stafford, 1½ mile N of Sutton-Coldfield. The chapelry was constituted in 1853; and its post town is Sutton-Coldfield, under Birmingham. Pop., 1, 246. Houses, 295. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £150.* Patron, the Rector of Sutton-Coldfield. The church was built in 1835; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There is a national school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Sutton Coldfield
Hill through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hill, in Birmingham and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24235
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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