Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRODESLEY

FRODESLEY, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on Watling-street, 2½ miles E of Dorrington r. station, and 7 NNE of Church-Stretton. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 2, 212. Real property, £2, 122. Pop., 256. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £370.* Patron, the Rev. T. Gleadowe. The church is good.


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

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

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