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Wentnor, Shropshire

Historical Description

Wentnor, a village and a parish in Salop. The village lies under the Long Mynd, 2½ miles N of Eaton station on the Bishops Castle railway, and 5½ NE of Bishops Castle. It has a post office under Bishops Castle (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Bishops Castle. The parish includes the townships of Adstone, Home, Kinnerton, Medlicott, and Ritton. Acreage, 6303; population, 583. There is a parish council of nine members and a chairman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £223. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1885, and retains portion of the former Norman church.

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 parishWentnor St. Michael 
HundredPurslow 
Poor Law unionClun 
Registration districtClun1837 - 2005

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 Wentnor


Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Wentnor from 1837 to 2005 you should search for the Clun Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wentnor 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 Wentnor 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 districtSY9
Post TownBishops Castle

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