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NEEN-SAVAGE, a parish, with a village, in Cleobury-Mortimer district, Salop; on the river Rea, 1 mile N of Cleobury-Mortimer, and 2 N of Cleobury-Mortimer r. station. Post-town, Cleobury-Mortimer, under Bewdley. Acres, 3, 779. Real property, £4, 376. Pop., 452. Houses, 98. The property is much subdivided. Paperis manufactured. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £394.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good; and has a tower, formerly surmounted by a spire, which was destroyed by lightning in 1825. There are an endowed school with £24 a year, and charities £16.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Neen Savage Parish Cleobury Mortimer Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Neen Savage |
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