In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston upon the Weald Moors like this:
PRESTON-UPON-THE-WILD-MOORS, a parish in Wellington district, Salop; on the Shropshire canal, 2 miles W N W of Donnington r. station, and 3 N E of Wellington. Post-town, Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1,057. Real property, £1, 672. Pop., 228. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. ...
Value, £198.* Patron, alternately Preston Hospital and Col. Charton. The church is good. Preston Hospital here was founded in 1716, by Lady Herbert; is a quadrangle, with accommodation for 28 widows and 20 girls, and with a chapel and a school; and has an endowed income of £1, 757.
Preston upon the Weald Moors through time
Preston upon the Weald Moors is now part of Telford and Wrekin district. Click here for graphs and data of how Telford and Wrekin has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Preston upon the Weald Moors itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston upon the Weald Moors, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10457
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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