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| | GENUKI: Halesowen, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | "HALESOWEN, a parish, post, and market town, partly in the lower division of the hundred of Halfshire, county Worcester, and partly in the Halesowen division of the hundred of Brimstree, county Salop, 7½ miles S.W. of Birmingham, 4½ E. of Stourbridge, and 5 S. of Dudley. |
 | | The parish, which is very considerable both in extent and population, is situated in a vale watered by the river Stour, which has its source in the neighbouring hills. |
 | | The town of Halesowen is said to have been formerly a borough, though it does not appear to have returned members to parliament. |
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