Tipton in 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]

"TIPTON, (or Tibbington), a parish and manufacturing and mining district in the hundred of South Offlow, county Stafford, 2 miles N. of Dudley, 9 N.W. of Birmingham, and 4¼ S.E. of Wolverhampton. The parish comprises several hamlets, Dudley Port, part of Great Bridge, Gospel Oak, Horseley Heath, Ocker Hill, Princes End, Tipton, and Toll End. Its acreage is 3,020, and its population in 1861 was 28,870, being an increase of 3,998 since 1851. The return for 1861 includes 161 persons living in boats. The number of houses was 6,085.  (There is more of this description).

An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Tipton is to be found on a supplementary page.

Dudley-Port Great Bridge Horseley Heath

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]