In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Berwick like this:
BERWICK (Great and Little), a township in St. Mary-Shrewsbury parish, Salop; on the river Severn, 2 miles NW of Shrewsbury. Berwick House here is the seat of the Hon. H. W. Powys. Little Berwick is also a chapelry. Pop., 325. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £54. Patrons, the Earl of Tankerville and others. The church was repaired in 1859.
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Great Berwick through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Berwick, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24117
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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