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Pulverbatch, Church (St. Edith)

PULVERBATCH, CHURCH (St. Edith), a parish, in the union of Atcham, hundred of Condover, S. division of Salop, 8 miles (S. W. by S.) from Shrewsbury; containing 543 inhabitants. This place was distinguished in ancient times for its castle, which had within it a chapel, called the royal free chapel of Pullerbache. It had a charter for a weekly market and an annual fair, granted by Henry III. The parish comprises 4113a. 35p. of land, for the most part hilly. The soil is in general tolerably good, but a portion of it is of no great depth, and on a basis of rock; in some places it is sharp, stony, and dry, and in others rather loamy and mellow, lying more upon clay. Some coal-pits are worked. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 13. 4., and in the gift of Lord Kenyon: the tithes have been commuted for £520, and there are 46 acres of glebe, with a house. The church has been enlarged. Here is a place of worship for Baptists.

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

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