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Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Cofton-Hackett, Coston-Hackett, or Corston-Hackett, a parish in Worcestershire, adjacent to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, 1½ mile N of Barnt Green station on the M.R., and 4½ miles NE by N of Bromsgrovc. Post towns, Alvechurch, Bromsgrove, and Northfield; money order office, Barnt Green, Rednal; telegraph office, Barnt Green railway station. Acreage, 1299; population, 188. Groveley Hall is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £268 with residence. The church is an ancient one, and was restored in 1860.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishCoston-Hacket St. Michael 
HundredHalfshire 
Poor Law unionBromsgrove 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cofton Hackett from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBromsgrove
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtB45
Post TownBirmingham

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