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Bolas Magna or Great Bolas, Shropshire

Historical Description

Bolas Magna or Great Bolas, a village and a parish in Salop. The village lies on the river Tern, 2½ miles NNE of Crudgington station on the G.W.R., and 6½ WNW of Newport, and has a post office of the name of Great Bolas, under Wellington; money order office, High Ercall; telegraph office, Crudgington railway station. The parish includes also the township of Meeson. Acreage, 1897; population, 269. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £245 with residence. The church is a red brick Perpendicular edifice, except the chancel, which is of stone and much older, with a lofty tower, and is remarkable for a romance in real life, the marriage of a late Earl of Exeter under an assumed name to Sarah Hoggins, a village maiden.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySalop 
Ecclesiastical parishBolas St. John the Baptist 
HundredSouth Bradford 
Poor Law unionWellington 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register dates from the year 1582.


Churches

Church of England

St. John the Baptist (parish church)

The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of red brick in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western tower, containing 2 bells.


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 Bolas Magna or Great Bolas from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.