In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Church Pulverbach like this:
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.
Church Pulverbach through time
Church Pulverbach is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Church Pulverbach itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Church Pulverbach, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10459
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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