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

ACKLEY, a township in Forden parish, Montgomeryshire; 3½ miles N of Montgomery. Pop., 84.

Ackley through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23395

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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