Little Wenlock, Shropshire
Historical Description
Wenlock, Little, a village and a parish in Salop, under the Wrekin, 1½ mile W of Horsehay station on the G.W.R., and 3 miles S of Wellington. Post town, Horsehay (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Dawley. The parish comprises 2764 acres; population of the civil parish, 420; of the ecclesiastical, 330. The property belongs to Lord Forester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £364. Patron, Lord Forester. The church is ancient.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Little Wenlock
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Wenlock 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.