Ocker Hill, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Ocker Hill, a hamlet and an ecclesiastical parish in Tipton parish, Staffordshire. The hamlet lies near the Birmingham Canal, 1 mile SW of Wednesbury; is included in the town of Tipton, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Tipton. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1845. Population, 3927. The inhabitants share in the iron manufactories and other industries of Tipton and Wednesbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £260. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1849 at a cost of about £2500, and is an edifice of blue brick in the Early English style. It has been partially restored, and an organ chamber added.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ocker Hill from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ocker-Hill)

Maps

Online maps of Ocker Hill 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)