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Uffington, Shropshire

Historical Description

Uffington, a village and a parish in Salop, on the river Severn and the Shropshire Union Canal, 3 miles ENE of Shrewsbury, with a post office under Shrewsbury; money order office, Shrewsbury; telegraph office, Upton Magna. Acreage, 3055; population of the civil parish, 309; of the ecclesiastical, 154. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The civil parish includes Haughmond, where are the ruins of an Augustinian abbey founded in the 12th century. Sundorne Castle and Pimley Manor are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £90 with residence. The church is good.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishUffington Holy Trinity 
HundredSouth Bradford 
Poor Law unionAtcham 
Registration districtAtcham1837 - 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 Uffington


Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Uffington from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Atcham Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Uffington 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 Uffington 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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