Himley in 1872

HIMLEY, a parish in Wolverhampton district, Stafford; near the Stafford and Worcester canal, 3 miles NNW of Brierley-Hill railway station, and 4 W by N of Dudley. Post-town, Dudley. Acres, 1,185. Real property, £2,939. Pop., 367. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few.

The manor, with Himley Hall, belongs to the Earl of Dudley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £315. Patron, the Earl of Dudley. The church was built in 1764. Charities £4 18s. 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]