Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Polesworth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Polesworth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Warwickshire - par. (containing Warton and part of Wilnecote), 6310 ac., pop. 3472; vil., on river Anker, 4 miles SE. of Tarn worth; P.O., T.O.; is a large place, and ranked formerly as a market town. There are collieries, quarries, and clay works; also some remains of a nunnery, founded shortly after the Norman Conquest.