Painley Hill, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Painley Hill, a hamlet in Leigh parish, Staffordshire, on an affluent of the river Trent, 3 miles SSW of Cheadle. Painscastle, a village in Llanbedr Painscastle parish, Radnorshire, on a branch of the river Wye, 6 miles NW of Hay. It has a post office under Elwood (R.S.O.); money order office, Clyro; telegraph office, Hay. It was once a market town, and has traces of a Norman castle.