In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whixall like this:
WHIXHALL, a chapelry, with a village, in Prees parish, Salop; 1½ mile W by N of Prees r. station, and 4 N by E of Wem. It has a post-office under Whitchurch-. Pop., 978. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield-Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Prees. The church was reported in 1859 as bad. There is an Independent chapel.
Whixall through time
Whixall is now part of North Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whixall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whixall in North Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14534
Date accessed: 14th May 2024
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