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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Berwick like this:
BERWICK (Great and Little), a township in St. Mary-Shrewsbury parish, Salop; on the river Severn, 2 miles NW of Shrewsbury. Berwick House here is the seat of the Hon. H. W. Powys. Little Berwick is also a chapelry. Pop., 325. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £54. Patrons, the Earl of Tankerville and others. The church was repaired in 1859.
Great Berwick is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Berwick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Berwick in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24117
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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