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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pitchford like this:
PITCHFORD, a village and a parish in Atcham district, Salop. The village stands on an affluent of the river Severn, near Watling-street, 1¾ mile S by W of Berrington r. station, and 6 S S E of Shrewsbury; takes its name from a pitch or petroleum well; and is a seat ofpetty sessions. The parish comprises 1, 645 acres. ...
Post-town, Berrington, under Shrewsbury. Real property, £2, 511. Pop., 180. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. P. Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £206.* Patrons, the Heirs of the Earl of Liverpool. The church is old but good; and contains an effigies of a Templar, and monuments of the Otleys.
Pitchford is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pitchford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pitchford in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10451
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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