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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STOTTESDEN, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Salop. The township lies 5¾ miles N of Cleobury-Mortimer r. station, and has a post-office under Bewdley.—The parish contains also 16 other townships and Farlow chapelry; and comprises 11,443 acres. Real property, £9,317; of which £100 are in mines, £100 in quarries, and £60 in lime-works. Pop., 1,518. Houses, 305. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £676.* Patron, the Duke of Cleveland. The church is good. The p. curacy of Farlow is a separate benefice.—The sub-district contains also 5 other parishes and a chapelry; and is in Cleobury-Mortimer district. Acres, 24,823. Pop., 2,790. Houses, 553.-The hundred consists of Chelmarsh and Cleobury divisions. Acres, 84,158. Pop., 12,218. Houses, 2,503.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stottesdon AP/CP Stottesden Hundred Stottesden SubD Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Stottesdon |
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