Alkington, Shropshire

Historical Description

Alkington, a township in Whitchurch parish, Salop, 2 miles SSW of the town of Whitchurch. Earl Brownlow is lord of the manor.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Alkington from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Alkington)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Alkington are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:

• Shrewsbury Chronicle
• Wellington Journal
• Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
• Ludlow Advertiser
• Salopian Journal

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.