Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KENLEY

KENLEY, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; 4 miles WNW of Much-Wenlock r. station. Post town, ActonBurnell, under Shrewsbury. Acres, 1,897. Rated property, £1, 900. Pop., 235. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £119. Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church is ancient and good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kenley Parish       Atcham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Shropshire Ancient County
Place: Kenley

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