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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ightfield like this:
IGHTFIELD, a parish in Wem district, Salop; near the boundary with Cheshire, 4 miles SE of Whitchurch r. station. Post town, Whitchurch. Acres, 1, 568. Real property, £2, 771. Pop., 344. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Ightfield Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £288. * Patron, H. Justice, Esq. The church is ancient, and was recently in disrepair. There are a national school, and charities £6.
Ightfield is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ightfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ightfield in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10389
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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