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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Edstaston like this:
EDSTASTON, a chapelry in Wem parish, Salop; on the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 2 miles NNE of Wem. It was constituted in 1847; and it has a post office under Shrewsbury. Rated property, £6, 096. Pop., 799. Houses, 175. The property is divided among a few. Edstaston Hall is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rector of Wem. The church is old but good; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Edstaston is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Edstaston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Edstaston in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24019
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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