Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BERRINGTON

BERRINGTON, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on the river Severn, and the Severn V. railway, with a r. station, 4½ miles SE of Shrewsbury. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 3,520. Real property, £8,970. Pop., 772. Houses, 113. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £393.* Patron, Lord Berwick. The Atcham workhouse is here.-


(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: Berrington Parish       Atcham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Shropshire Ancient County
Place: Berrington

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