Wotton under Wever,

Where God comes never.

Wotton under Wever is a black, dismal place, neer the moorlands, in Staffordshire, covered by the hills from the chearing [sic] rays of the sun.

Entry taken from Provincial Glossary, edited by Francis Grose.

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