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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Albrighton like this:
ALBRIGHTON, a chapelry in the parish of St. Mary, district of Atcham, Salop; near the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, 4 miles N of Shrewsbury. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 750. Pop., 78. Houses, 12. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £52.* Patron, W. Spurrier, Esq. The church is very good.
Albrighton is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Albrighton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Albrighton in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4957
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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