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Preston Brockhurst, Shropshire

Historical Description

Preston Brockhurst, a township in Moreton Corbet and Shawbury parishes, Salop, 3 miles SE of Wem. It has a post office under Shrewsbury; money order and telegraph office, Clive.

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 
Civil parishShawbury 
HundredPimhill 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Preston Brockhurst 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 Preston Brockhurst 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 districtSY4
Post TownShrewsbury

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