RUSHBURY, a village and a parish in Church-Stretton district, Salop. The village stands on the Much-Wenlock and Craven-Arms railway, 4 miles E by S of Church-Stretton; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Church-Stretton, and a r. station. The parish includes the townships of Rushbury, Stone-Acton, Wall-under-Haywood, Wilderhope, Stanway, and parts of Gretton and Eastwall. Acres, 4, 132. Real property, £4, 203. Pop., 576. Houses, 108. The property is much subdivided. The parish is traversed by Watling-street and Ryknield-street; is supposed to have had a Romanstation; and has yielded Roman coins. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £449.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church was restored in 1855. There are a parochial school, and charities £44.

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