Excerpt from Bibliography and Chronology of Hales OwenHaws owen is situated in the northern corner of Worcester shire, four miles and a half from Stourbridge, five miles from Dudley, and seven from Birmingham. Although not mentioned in the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Bri tannica, Hales Owen parish had inhabitants at the taking of the census in 1881. It is composed of 15 Civil Parishes or Townships, which are divided between three different Poor Law Unions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.