Albrighton (Hadnall), Shropshire
Historical Description
Albrighton, a parish in Salop, 4 miles N of Shrewsbury, and 2 from Leaton station on the G.W.R. With Penill and Broad Oak it forms an ecclesiastical parish. It has a post office under Shrewsbury; money order and telegraph office, Hadnall. Acreage, 771; population, 96. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £58. The church is a stone edifice in the Early Norman style. Albrighton Hall is the seat of the lord of the manor.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
County Court district | Shrewsbury | |
Diocese | Lichfield | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Albrighton St. John | |
Hundred | Pimhill | |
Petty-Sessional Division | Shrewsbury | |
Poor Law union | Atcham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Albrighton (Hadnall)
The register dates from the year 1663; the earlier register, dating from 1563, is lost.
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Early Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: the font is Norman: there are 100 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Albrighton (Hadnall) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Albrighton (St. John))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Albrighton (Hadnall) are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.