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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Habberley like this:
HABBERLEY, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; under Stiperstones hill, 1½ mile S by E of Pontesbury r. station, and 8½ SW of Shrewsbury. Post town, Minsterley, under Shrewsbury. Acres, 795. Real property, £4, 760; of which £300 are in mines. Pop., in 1851, 144; in 1861, 112. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocesc of Hereford. Value, £158.* Patron, W. H. Sparrow, Esq. The church is good.
Habberley is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Habberley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Habberley in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10364
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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