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Boraston, Shropshire

Historical Description

Boraston, a township in Burford parish, Salop, at the verge of the county, on the river Teme, and the Kington Canal, 1 mile W of Tenbury, which is the post town. Acreage, 1455; population, 255. There is a chapel-of-ease to Burford parish church.

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

Churches

Church of England

Boraston Chapel

Here is an ancient chapel of the 13th century, restored and enlarged in 1885 at a cost of £2,000, under the direction of Mr. Henry Curzon, architect, late of Caldwell, Tenbury: it is a building of local stone, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry, south porch and a western tower with shingled spire containing 2 bells, one of which is dated 1570, and recast in 1888: there are traces of two Norman doorways and a Decorated window, and the church affords 150 sittings.


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Boraston are available from a number of sites:


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.

CountyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR15
Post TownTenbury Wells

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