Willenhall, vulgo Willnal, is undoubtedly a place of great antiquity; on the evidence of its name it manifestly had its foundation in an early Saxon settlement.  The Anglo-Saxon form of the name Willanhale may be interpreted as “the meadow land of Willa”.

[Copyright]

The
Annals of Willenhall

—by—

Frederick Wm. Hackwood

AUTHOR OF

“The Chronicles of Cannock Chase,” “Wednesbury Ancient and Modern,”
“The Story of the Black Country,” “Staffordshire Stories,”
&c., &c.

“I cannot tell by what charm our native soil captivates us,
and does not allow us to be forgetful of it.”

—Ovid.

Wolverhampton:
whitehead bros.,
St. John’s Square and King Street.

1908.