Ifton Rhyn, Shropshire
Historical Description
Ifton Rhyn, a township in St Martin parish, Salop, near Watt's Dyke and the Shropshire Union Canal, 5 miles W by N of EUesmere. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in collieries. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels at Ifton Heath.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Hundred | Oswestry |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ifton Rhyn from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ifton-Rhyn)
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.