Redditch, Worcestershire

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Redditch is a town in Worcestershire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Redditch within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Redditch in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Redditch, manufacturing town, chiefly in Tardebigg and Feckenham pars., Worcestershire, but partly also in Ipsley par., Warwickshire, on river Arrow, 13 miles S. of Birmingham by rail - township (wholly in Tardebigg par.), 5544 ac., pop. 7740; town, 926 ac., pop. 9961; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Redditch has mfrs. of needles, hooks and eyes, and fishing tackle; in the vicinity is Besly papermill.

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