In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sambrook like this:
SAMBROOK, two townships and a chapelry on the N E border of Salop; averagely 5 miles N N W of Newport r. station. The townships are in respectively Chetwynd and Cheswardine parishes; and the chapelry includes also part of Edgmond parish, and was constituted in 1856. Post-town, Newport, Salop. Rated property, £3, 941. Pop., 552. Houses, 113. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £165.* Patron, J.B. Borough, Esq. The church is good.
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Sambrook through time
Sambrook 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 Sambrook itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sambrook, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23946
Date accessed: 21st May 2024
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