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part of Moseley belongs to T. H, F. Whitgreave, Esq. in whose 

 ancient seat Charles the Second found an asylum after the battle of 

 Worcester : Moseley is still the family-mansion. Mr. Whitgreave 

 retains a domestic chaplain, and a small building is appropriated 

 as a place of worship for the Catholics in the neighbourhood. 



Essington. This manor comprehends the north-east part of the 

 parish of Byshbury, and chiefly belongs to the Vernons, of Hilton. 

 Some remains of an ancient residence of the De Essingtons, for- 

 merly seated here, may still be traced. Essington-wood and the 

 Snead-commons (about 1000 acres) have been inclosed, and are 

 now under cultivation. A branch of the Wyrley and Essington 

 canal passes over these commons : a coal-mine has been worked 

 upon the former for time immemorial. The uplands command some 

 good prospects. A very fine species of sand was some years ago 

 discovered upon an estate in this neighbourhood, which possesses 

 some of the qualities of the Lemnian earth. Some curious pebbles 

 have also been found at different times : Dr. Plott describes a 

 " valuable" one picked up on Coven-heath. An attempt to esta- 

 blish here a manufactory of emery from ground pebbles, failed. 



TETTENHALL lies about two miles west of Wolverhampton : Cam- 

 den says this place before the Conquest was called Theotenhall, i. e. 

 the House of the Pagans. A great battle is said to have been fought 

 between Tettenhall and the Wergs, where, in a field called Low- 

 hill-field, a large tumulus is still to be seen. In 911, Edward the 

 Elder defeated the Danes at Tettenhall : Plot notices some exten- 

 sive remains of a Danish encampment in Wrottesley-park. 



The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a Royal free chapel, 

 and enjoys all the privileges of such peculiars : it contains several 

 monuments of the Wrottesley and other families. Sir John Wrottes- 

 ley, Bart, is patron, and the Rev. Charles Wrottesley, his brother, 

 the present officiating minister. In the steeple is a peal of five bells. 



The following is an accurate account of the civil state of Tetten- 

 hall parish in 1780. Tettenhall is divided into four prebends: 1. 

 Tettenhall prebend ; containing the village, with Tettenhall-wood, 

 Compton South, and Autherley East. 2. Pirton prebend; containing 

 Pirten, Trescote, and Wightwiek. 3. Wrottesley prebend ; contain- 

 ing Wrottesley, the Wergs, Dipton's Farm, and Kingswood. And 

 4, Pendeford prebend ; including Bilbrook, Lane-green, Barnhurst, 

 Cronk-hall, Palmer's-cross, and part of the Birches. The whole 

 parish is now inclosed, and contains about 8000 acres of inclosed 

 land, with upwards of 200 of woodland. The number of houses 



