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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frodesley like this:
FRODESLEY, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on Watling-street, 2½ miles E of Dorrington r. station, and 7 NNE of Church-Stretton. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 2, 212. Real property, £2, 122. Pop., 256. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £370.* Patron, the Rev. T. Gleadowe. The church is good.
Frodesley is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frodesley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frodesley in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10358
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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