Ightfield (St. John the Baptist)
IGHTFIELD (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Wem, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop, 4¼ miles (S. E. by E.) from Whitchurch; containing 368 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 14. 9½.; patron, H. Justice, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £160, and the glebe consists of 72 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.