Wedges Mills
village in Staffordshire, England, UK
Wedges Mills is a small village in the South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Cannock Chase District. The area is located on the A4601 between Cannock and Featherstone. The area is mainly residential and has a large industrial estate. It is also located quite close to the M6 Toll. The area is part of the Bridgtown parish area. Select Bus service 67 connects the area with Cannock and Wolverhampton via Shareshill and Featherstone, operating three through journeys plus an additional journey between Wedge Mills and Cannock only.
References
"A brief history of Cannock".
"History of William Gilpin, Wedges Mills and Churchbridge Works".
"Group-Wedges Mills".
"Wedges Mills Village Hall".
“Wedges Mills” enters the record as village in Staffordshire, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wedges, Mills and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 27, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q78623607. Authority coordinates are 52.675, -2.054. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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