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Longnor, Shropshire

Historical Description

Longnor, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands on the Cound Brook, near Watling Street, 1½ mile NNE of Leebotwood station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway, and 5 miles NNE of Church Stretton, and is supposed to occupy the site of a Roman station. Post town, Leebotwood, under Shrewsbury; money order and telegraph office, Dorrington. The parish comprises 821 acres; population, 198. Longnor Hall and The Bank are chief residences. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Leebotwood, in the diocese of Lich-field. The church is ancient, and belonged formerly to Haugh-mond Abbey. The Rev. Samuel Lee, who was Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, was a native.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySalop 
HundredCondover 
Poor Law unionChurch-Stretton 

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 Longnor


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Longnor 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 Longnor 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 districtSY5
Post TownShrewsbury

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