A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHURCH-STOKE, a township in the district and county of Montgomery; and a parish in the district of Montgomery, and counties of Montgomery and Salop. The township lies on Offa's dyke and the river Camlet-near the Oswestry and Newtown railway, 3¼ miles SE of Montgomery; and has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £1,939. Pop., 1,369. Houses, 283. The parish contains also the townships of Bacheldre, Lower Hopton, Upper Hopton, Weston-Madoc, Hurdley, and Mellington in Montgomery, and the townships of Brompton and Rhiston in Salop. Acres, 10,547. Real property, £9,314. Pop., 1,545. Houses, 314. The property is much subdivided. Lead ore is found. Traces of British and Roman camps appear. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £151.* Patron, the Earl of Powis. The church is good. Charities, £13.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Church Stoke AP/CP Forden RegD/Inc/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Church Stoke |
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