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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stoke upon Tern like this:
STOKE-UPON-TERN, a parish, with four townships, in Market-Drayton district, Salop; near the Market-Drayton and Wellington railway, 5 miles SW by S of Market-Drayton. Post town, Market-Drayton. Acres, 5,602. Rated property, £6,545. Pop., 961. Houses, 203. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £878.* Patron, R. Corbet, Esq. The church is ancient but good.
Stoke upon Tern is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stoke upon Tern itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stoke upon Tern in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10499
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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