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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PULVERBATCH, a village and a parish in Atcham district, Salop. The village stands 2¾ miles W of Dorrington r. station, and 7½ S S W of Shrewsbury; was once a market town; and has a post-office under Shrewsbury, and a fair on 22 Sept. The parish includes the townships of Castle-Pulverbatch, Cothercott, Churton, Wilderley, and Wrentnall; and comprises 4,063 acres. Rated property, £3, 897. Pop., 534. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £566.* Patron, Lord Kenyon. The church is good. Charities, £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Atcham RegD/PLU Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Church Pulverbach |
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