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GRINSHILL, a parish in Wem district, Salop; near the Yorton station of the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 4 miles S of Wem. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 827. Rated property, £1, 730. Pop., 317. house, 61. The property is divided among a few. Building stone is worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £106 Patron, the Rev. John Wood. The church was enlarged in 1840, and is good. Charities, £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Grinshill AP/CP Wem RegD/PLU Shropshire AncC |
Place: | Grinshill |
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