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Moseley

MOSELEY, a chapelry, in the parish and union of King's-Norton, Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, E. division of the county of Worcester, 2 miles (S.) from Birmingham; containing 238 inhabitants. The Birmingham and Gloucester railway passes on the east. Moseley Park is the seat of James Taylor, Esq., D.L.: the mansion is surrounded by a fine demesne. The village, which is of respectable appearance, is in the northern part of the chapelry, close to the railway. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £94; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, was enlarged in 1822: at the west end is a tower with three bells. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans; and a national school.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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