Cainham or Caynham, Shropshire
Historical Description
Cainham or Caynham, a parish in Salop, on the river Ledwich, 3½ miles ESE of Ludlow. It includes the township of Bennet's-End, and its post town is Ludlow. Acreage, 2569; population of the civil parish, 1075; of the ecclesiastical, 390. Cainham Court is the seat of the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £316. The church is Early English, and has been restored; there are remains of an ancient cross in the churchyard. There is an ancient camp in the neighbourhood.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Cainham St. Mary | |
Hundred | Stottesden | |
Poor Law union | Ludlow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1558.
Churches
Church of England
St. Mary (parish church)
The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a western tower containing 3 bells: the church was restored in 1885 at a cost of £2,800, defrayed by private donations: in the churchyard stand the base and shaft of an ancient cross.
Methodist
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel here, with 50 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Cainham or Caynham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cainham (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Cainham or Caynham 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.