Dorrington (Condover), Shropshire
Historical Description
Dorrington, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Condover parish, Salop, on an affluent of the river Severn, 6½ miles S of Shrewsbury, with a station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Shrewsbury. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1845. Population, 314. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £120 with residence. The church was built in 1845, and there is a Congregational chapel.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
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.