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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oldbury like this:
OLDBURY, a village and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands near the river Severn and the Severn Valley railway, 1 mile S S W of Bridg-north; and has a post-office under Bridgnorth. The parish comprises 808 acres. Pop. in 1851, 131; in 1861, 207. Houses, 41. The increase of pop. ...
arosefrom the operations of a Freehold Land society. Tracesexist of an encampment from which the parliamentarianarmy, in the civil wars of Charles I., bombarded Bridg-north Castle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £254.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a bell turret.
Oldbury is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oldbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oldbury in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10448
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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