In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Ness like this:
NESS (Little), a township and a chapelry in Bas-church parish, Salop. The township lies 2½ miles S W of Baschurch r. station, and 7 N W of Shrewsbury. The chapelry contains also the townships of Adcot and Milford; and its post town is Baschurch, under Shrewsbury. Pop., 238. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Baschurch, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is ancient but good, has a bell-gable, and contains an ancient font.
Little Ness through time
Little Ness is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Ness itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Ness, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10437
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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