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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Betton Strange like this:
BETTON, a township and a chapelry in St. Chad parish, Salop; 3 ¼. miles SSE of Shrewsbury. The township is a conjoint one, bearing the name of Betton and Aikmere. Pop., 48. The chapelry is called BettonStrange. Acres and pop., returned with the parish. Rated property, £1,080. The property is divided among a few. Betton-Strange House is the seat of G. Scott, Esq.; and Betton Hall, the seat of the Norcops. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, G. Scott, Esq. The church is good.
Betton Strange is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Betton Strange itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Betton Strange in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23896
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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