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Mindtown (St. John the Baptist)

MINDTOWN (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Clun, hundred of Purslow, S. division of Salop, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Bishop's-Castle; containing 48 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 930 acres, of which about 530 are inclosed, and in good cultivation; a part of the Longmind Hill is within the parish, and some threads of copper-ore are distinctly visible on the surface. An old mansion here, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the family of Mynde. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 13. 4.; net income, £120; patron, the Earl of Powis. The church is a very ancient structure.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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