Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brettel Lane like this:

BRETTEL-LANE, a hamlet in the SW of Stafford; adjacent to the West Midland railway, 1½ mile NNE of Stourbridge. It has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Brierley-Hill, several potteries, and some glass-works.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Brettel Lane by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Amblecote 0 2
Brockmoor 0 2
Brierley Hill 0 2
Stamber Mill 0 1
Quarry Bank 0 2
Kingswinford 0 4
Wollaston 0 3
Hartshill 0 2
Pensnett 0 2
Lye 0 2
Stourbridge 5 3
Old Swinford 0 5
Wollescote 0 2
Cradley 0 2
Dudley 10 3
Netherton 0 2
Cradley Heath 0 1
Pedmore 0 2
Ashwood 0 2
Reddall Hill 0 2