Penkridge ...

[Russell Lynn Drysdale]

...''Railways and Roads The Grand Junction railway on the northern part of the line from London to Manchester and Liverpool passes through or near the towns of Walsall Bilston Wolverhampton Penkridge and Stafford and through the district the potteries to Cheshire in the vicinity of Blacken hall The Birmingham and Derby Junction railway crosses the eastern wing of the county which is traversed by the river Tame runs down the vale the Trent below the confluence with it of the Tame and passes into Derbyshire''....

page 180
The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. [bound in 12 pt. with suppl.].

[Russell Lynn Drysdale]

Further down the same page as above ,  ...'' The county contains the city of Lichfield the parliamentary boroughs of Lichfield Stafford Walsall Tamworth Wolverhampton Newcastle under Lyme Stoke upon Trent and Dudley the market towns additional to the boroughs of Abbots Bromley Bilston Brewood Burton upon Trent Burslem Cheadle Eccleshall Hanley and Shelton Lane end Leek Lougnor Penkridge Rudgeley Stone Tuthury Ut toxeter and Wednesbury and upwards of l 000 small towns villages and hamlets In l83l Wolverhampton the most populous town had 24,732 inhahitants''...