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

MIDDLETON, a township-chapelry in Bitterley parish, Salop; on an affluent of the river Teme, 2 miles NE of Ludlow r. station. It has a post office under Ludlow. Real property, £2,251. Pop., 198. The manor belongs to Sir W. R. Boughton, Bart. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Bitterley, in the diocese of Hereford.

Middleton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25319

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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