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UPTON-MAGNA, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on the Shropshire Union railway, 3¾ miles E of Shrewsbury. It has a post-office under Shrewsbury, and a r. station. Acres, 3,260. Real property, £5,719. Pop., 452. Houses, 93. The property is divided between two. Coaland limestone are worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £546.* Patron, the Rev. J. D. Corbet. The church is ancient. Charities, £15.
(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: | Upton Magna Parish Atcham Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Upton Magna |
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