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CHELMARSH, a parish and a division in Salop. The parish is in Bridgnorth district; lies on the river Severn, 2 miles NW of Hampton r. station, and 3½ S by E of Bridgnorth; and has a post office under Bridgnorth. Acres, 3, 259. Real property, £6. 043. Pop., 564. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £250.* Patron, Sir T. G. S. Sebright, Bart. The church is ancient but very good; and has a tower. The division is in Stottesden hundred; and contains seventeen parishes, and parts of four others. Acres, 43, 982. Pop., 5, 655. Houses, 1, 151.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a division" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chelmarsh Parish Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Chelmarsh |
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