In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Albrighton like this:
ALBRIGHTON, a chapelry in the parish of St. Mary, district of Atcham, Salop; near the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, 4 miles N of Shrewsbury. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 750. Pop., 78. Houses, 12. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £52.* Patron, W. Spurrier, Esq. The church is very good.
Albrighton through time
Albrighton is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Albrighton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Albrighton, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4957
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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