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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockton like this:
STOCKTON, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Shiffnal district, Salop; 2 miles E by N of Linley r. station, and 4¼ N by E of Bridgnorth. Post town, Shiffnal. Acres, 3,162. Real property, £5,191. Pop., 490. Houses, 92. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. A. Foster, Esq. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1860.
Stockton is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stockton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stockton in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10497
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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