In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kynnersley like this:
KINNERSLEY, a parish in Wellington district, Salop; adjacent to the Shrewsbury and Newport canal, 4 miles NNE of Wellington r. station. It has a post office, under Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1, 789. Real property, £2, 739. Pop., 208. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. There is an ancient British camp, called the Wall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £442.* Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is ancient and good.
Kynnersley through time
Kynnersley is now part of Telford and Wrekin district. Click here for graphs and data of how Telford and Wrekin has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kynnersley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kynnersley, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10393
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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