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PRESTON-UPON-THE-WILD-MOORS, a parish in Wellington district, Salop; on the Shropshire canal, 2 miles W N W of Donnington r. station, and 3 N E of Wellington. Post-town, Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1,057. Real property, £1, 672. Pop., 228. Houses, 34. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £198.* Patron, alternately Preston Hospital and Col. Charton. The church is good. Preston Hospital here was founded in 1716, by Lady Herbert; is a quadrangle, with accommodation for 28 widows and 20 girls, and with a chapel and a school; and has an endowed income of £1, 757.
(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: | Preston upon the Weald Moors Parish Wellington Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Preston upon the Weald Moors |
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