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BERWICK (Great and Little), a township in St. Mary-Shrewsbury parish, Salop; on the river Severn, 2 miles NW of Shrewsbury. Berwick House here is the seat of the Hon. H. W. Powys. Little Berwick is also a chapelry. Pop., 325. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £54. Patrons, the Earl of Tankerville and others. The church was repaired in 1859.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Great Berwick |
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