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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harley like this:
HARLEY, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on an affluent of the river Severn, 2 miles NW of Much-Wenlock r. station. It has a post-office under Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1,955. Real property, £3,779. Pop., 220. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, 276. * Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church is good.
Harley is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harley in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10370
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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