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Description: | The title deeds in this sub-series relate to land and property in 'Pountney's Fold', Wolverhampton. The premises are described as: a plot of land at the bottom of Pountney's Fold, Wolverhampton, beginning at Brett's Wall and extending to Grafton's Hovel; a buiding extending into Pountney's Fold out of Dudley Street; four dwelling houses (formerly one messuage) in Dudley Street, with outhouses, buildings, barns, stables, gardens, etc. appurtaining.
John Pountney of Wolverhampton, Butcher, owned property in Dudley Street and surrounding area, which was then passed down to various beneficiaries under his Will dated November 1753. He also bequeathed a pew in the middle aisle of Wolverhampton [St Peter's] Church in his Will.
Pountney's Fold was a long yard or courtyard situated behind houses or shops which fronted on to Dudley Street, Wolverhampton. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | 1725 - 1887 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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