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Wombridge, Shropshire

Historical Description

Wombridge, a parish in Salop, on Watling Street, half a mile from Oakengates station on the L. & N.W.R. and G.W.R., and 3½ miles E of Wellington! Post town, Wellington; money order and telegraph office, Oakengates. It includes Ketley Bank and part of Oakengates and of Trench. Acreage, 702; population of the civil parish, 2786; of the ecclesiastical, 1569. There are extensive ironworks, connected by a branch line with the L. & N.W.R. There are slight remains of a monastery of Canons Regular, founded by William Fitz Alan of Clun in the 12th century. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £170. A new church was built in 1869 on the site of a previous edifice. There are Baptist, Congregational, New Connexion and Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.

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 parishWombridge St. Mary and St. Leonard 
HundredSouth Bradford 
Poor Law unionWellington 

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 Wombridge


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 Wombridge 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 Wombridge 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.

CountyTelford and Wrekin
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtTF2
Post TownTelford

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