Clive, Shropshire
Historical Description
Clive, a village, a township, and a parish in Salop. The village stands 1 mile NE of Yorton station on the L. & N.W.R., 3 miles S of Wem, and 7 N of Shrewsbury. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Shrewsbury. The parish comprises 1500 acres; population, 376. San Saw is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £130 with residence. The church, dedicated to All Saints, originally a chapel of ease to St Mary's, Shrewsbury, is old, was restored in 1849, and more recently with additions at considerable expense in 1885-87 and 1892-94. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels. Quarries of freestone of the New Red Sandstone formation are worked, and there have been, both anciently and within recent years, workings of copper from impregnation in the sandstone.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Salop | |
| Liberty | Borough of Shrewsbury | |
| Poor Law union | Wem | |
| Registration district | Whitchurch | 1935 - 1969 |
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 Clive
The parish register of baptisms and burials dates from 1611; marriages, 1852.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is an ancient building of stone, with some Norman portions, consisting of chancel, nave, small vestry, organ chamber, north porch, and a western tower with spire, containing 6 bells: all the windows are stained, and with the exception of two put in by a legacy from the late Mr. Elias Puleston, are in memory of the late J. J. Bibby esq. and his wife, of Hardwicke Grange: the organ was the gift of the late J. Hall esq, of HolbrookL: the church was restored in 1849, and again in 1885, at a cost of about £5,000, defrayed by the late patron, J. J. Bibby esq. D.L., J.P. and Thomas Meares esq. when a north porch, sanctuary, vestry and organ chamber were added: the tower and spire and the baptistery were added in 1897 by the late Mr. Bibby, in memory of his wife, and the font is a reproduction of that in the parish church of Dewsbury (Yorks): the communion table is of oak elaborately carved, and has a marble top: the reredos is of alabaster, and includes a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper."
 All Saints', Clive |
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is an ancient building of stone, with some Norman portions, consisting of chancel, nave, small vestry, organ chamber, north porch, and a western tower with spire, containing 6 bells: all the windows are stained, and with the exception of two put in by a legacy from the late Mr. Elias Puleston, are in memory of the late J. J. Bibby esq. and his wife, of Hardwicke Grange: the organ was the gift of the late J. Hall esq. of Holbrook: the church was restored in 1849, and again in 1885, at a cost of about £5,000, defrayed by the late patron, J. J. Bibby esq. D.L., J.P. and Thomas Meares esq. when a north porch, sanctuary, vestry and organ chamber were added: the tower and spire and the baptistery were added in 1897 by the late Mr. Bibby, in memory of his wife, and the font is a reproduction of that in the parish church of Dewsbury (Yorks.): the communion table is of oak elaborately carved, and has a marble top: the reredos is of alabaster, and includes a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper."
All Saints', Clive
Congregational
Congregational Chapel
There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1821 and seating 250 persons.
Congregational Chapel
There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1821 and seating 250 persons
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Clive from 1935 to 1969 you should search for the Whitchurch Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Clive from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Clive 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.
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.