WROCKWARDINE, a village and a parish in Wellington district, Salop. The village stands ½ mile SSW of Admaston r. station, and 2 W by N of Wellington; and has a post-office under Wellington, Salop. The parish includes nine townships, and comprises 4,608 acres. Real property, £16,324; of which £1,000 are in mines, and £2,307 in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 3,107; in 1861, 4,365. Houses, 827. The greater part of the pop. is in W.-Wood, noticed in next article. The property is much subdivided. A mineral spring, with hoteland baths, is in Admaston. Glass manufacture is carried on at W.-Wood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £365.* Patron, the Earl of Powis. The church was recently restored. There are national schools, alms houses, and some general charities.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))