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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frankwell like this:
FRANKWELL, a chapelry in St. Chad parish, Salop; within Shrewsbury borough. It was constituted in 1836; and its post town is Shrewsbury. Rated property, £6, 713. Pop., 2, 581. Houses, 576. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £160.* Patron, the Vicar of St. Chad. The church is good.
Frankwell is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frankwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frankwell in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24696
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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