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Wroxeter, Shropshire

Historical Description

Wroxeter, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands on Watling Street and on the river Severn, 3 miles SSE of Upton Magna station on the G.W.R. and L. & N.W.R., 4 W of the Wrekin, and 6 SE by E of Shrewsbury. Wroxeter, the Roman Uriconinm, has most interesting remains of a Roman town once 3 miles in circuit, and defended by a rampart 9 feet thick, and has yielded great numbers and great variety of interesting Roman relics. It was for a considerable time the capital of the Cornavii, and suffered devastation by the Saxons and the Danes. It has a post office under Shrewsbury; money order and telegraph office, Uppington. The parish includes five townships, and comprises 5953 acres; population of the civil parish, 535; of the ecclesiastical, 463. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lich-field; gross value, £263 with residence. The church is a fine Norman edifice, and contains some interesting monuments of the 16th century.

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 parishWroxeter St. Andrew 
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 Wroxeter


Civil Registration

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

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wroxeter 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 Wroxeter 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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