In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Erbistock like this:
ERBISTOCK, a parish in the district of Wrexham, and counties of Denbigh and Flint; on the river Dee, 4¼ miles ESE of Ruabon r. station, and 5 NW of Ellesmere. Post town, Overton, under Wrexham. Acres of the Denbigh portion, 1, 559. Real property, £1, 700. Pop., 227. Houses, 50. Acres of the Flint portion, 43. ...
Real property, £1, 053. Pop., 110. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Bangor priory. Erbistock Hall is the seat of W. Brancker, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £254.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is tolerable.
Erbistock through time
Erbistock is now part of Wrexham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wrexham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Erbistock itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Erbistock, in Wrexham and Denbighshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3080
Date accessed: 08th May 2024
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