In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wrockwardine Wood like this:
WROCKWARDINE-WOOD, a township in Wrock-wardine parish, and a chapelry partly also in Eyton-upon-the-Wild-Moors parish, Salop. The township lies 1 mile N of Oakengates r. station, and 3½ E of Wellington; and has a post-office under Wellington, Salop. Acres, 502. Pop. in 1851, 2,099; in 1861, 3,317. ...
Houses, 616. The increase of pop. arose partly from the erection of new workshops and forges for the manufacture of bar-iron, and partly from facilities afforded for purchasing land for building-purposes.—The chapelry was constituted in 1834. Pop. in 1861,3,637. Houses, 682. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £194.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels and a national school.
Wrockwardine Wood through time
Wrockwardine Wood 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 Wrockwardine Wood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wrockwardine Wood, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10542
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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