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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cockshutt like this:
COCKSHUTT, a township and a chapelry in Ellesmere parish, Salop. The township is joined to Crosemere; lies 2 miles S of the Ellesmere canal, 4 miles N of Baschurch r. station, and 5 ½ W of Wem; has a post office under Shrewsbury; and is a seat of petty sessions. Rated property, £6, 776. Pop., 434. The property is subdivided. The chapelry was constituted recently; and is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £86. Patron, the Vicar of Ellesmere. The church is good.
Cockshutt is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cockshutt itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cockshutt in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10214
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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