Hughley, Shropshire
Historical Description
Hughley, a village, a township, and a parish in Salop, on Wenlock Edge, 1 mile W of Presthope station on the G.W.R., and 4 miles SW by W of Much Wenlock. Post town, Cressage under Shrewsbury; money order and telegraph office. Much Wenlock. Acreage, 1105; population, 72. The manor belonged in the 12th century to Hugh de Le, hence the name Hnghley, and belongs now to the Earl of Bradford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £109 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Bradford. The church is ancient, has a bell-turret, and contains a beautiful rood-screen, a carved oak pulpit, and some fragments of old stained glass. The surrounding country is very picturesque.
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 | Hughley St. John the Baptist | |
Liberty | Borough of Wenlock | |
Poor Law union | Atcham | |
Registration district | Atcham | 1837 - 1935 |
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 Hughley
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Hughley from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Atcham Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hughley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hughley (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hughley 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.