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ABBOTSBRONLEY

Volume 1 · 76 words · 1797 Edition

a town in Staffordshire, with a market on Tuesday. After the dissolution of the monasteries, it was given to the Lord Paget; and has since been called Paget's Bromley, and is so denominated in the county map. But it retains its old name in the king's books, and is a discharged vicarage of 30 l. clear yearly value. It likewise retains the old name with regard to the fairs. W. Long. i. 2. Lat. 52° 45'.