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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Childs Ercall like this:
CHILDSERCALL, a parish in Market-Drayton district, Salop; near the river Tern and Market-Drayton and Wellington railway, 6½ miles S of Market-Drayton. It has a post office under Market-Drayton. Acres, 3, 633. Real property, £5, 101. Pop., 470. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £66.* Patron, R. Corbet, Esq. The church is good.
Childs Ercall is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Childs Ercall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Childs Ercall in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10291
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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