Hanley William, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Hanley William or Upper Hanley, a parish in Worcestershire, adjacent to Herefordshire, and near the river Teme, 4 miles SE of Newnham Bridge station on the Tenbury and Bewdley branch of the G.W.R., and 7 SE of Tenbury. Post town, Tenbnry. Acreage, 1165; population, 114. Hanley Court is the chief residence. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Eastham, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is of the 10th century, and was restored in 1866.

Administration

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

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

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hanley William from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hanley-William (All Saints))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Hanley William are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:

• Worcester Journal
• Worcestershire Chronicle
• Worcester Herald

Visitations Heraldic

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