Ruckley and Langley, Shropshire
Historical Description
Ruckley and Langley, a village and a township in Acton Burnell parish, Salop, 5½ miles W of Much Wenlock. Acreage, 1536; population, 78. It has a small chapel of ease.
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 County | Salop | |
Civil parish | Acton Burnell | |
Hundred | Condover | |
Poor Law union | Atcham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ruckley and Langley from the following:
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.