In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cawrse like this:

CAWRSE, a hundred in Montgomery. It contains Forden parish, and parts of five other parishes. Acres, 16,808. Pop., 2,548. Houses, 453.

Cawrse through time

Cawrse is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cawrse itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cawrse, in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20723

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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