BUSHBURY, a parish comprising the township
of Essington, in the eastern division of the hundred of
CUTTLESTONE, and the hamlet of Moseley, in the northern
division of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD,
2 miles (N. by B.) from Wolverhampton, and
containing 1229 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese
of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's .books at
£7,11. 5., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in'the patronage of the
principal land-owners. The church, dedicated to.St.
Mary, was built about the year 1460. There are considerable
coal-works in this parish, which is intersected
by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal. Moseley
Hall was the place of temporary concealment for
Charles II., when on his way to Bentley.