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Wythall or Wythewood, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Wythall or Wythewood, an ecclesiastical parish formed out of Kings Norton and Alvechurch parishes, Worcestershire, and Solihull parish,. Warwickshire, 3½ miles SSE of King's Norton. It was constituted in 1853, and has a post and money order office under Redditch; telegraph office, Alvechurch. Population, 1100. Weatheroak Hall is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Kings Norton. The church was rebuilt in 1862. There are Baptist and Unitarian chapels.

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 
Civil parishKing's Norton 
HundredHalfshire 
Poor Law unionKings-Norton 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wythall or Wythewood from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Wythall or Wythewood are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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


Visitations Heraldic

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