Brieryhurst or Brerehurst, Staffordshire
Historical Description
Brieryhurst or Brerehurst, a township in Wolstanton parish, Staffordshire, 2 miles NNE of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The working of coal and iron-ore is carried on.
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 County | Staffordshire | |
Civil parish | Wolstanton | |
Hundred | Pirehill | |
Poor Law union | Wolstanton and Burslem |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Brieryhurst or Brerehurst from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brieryhurst, or Brerehurst)