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Quatford (St. Mary Magdalene)

QUATFORD (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union and borough of Bridgnorth, locally in the hundred of Stottesden, S. division of Salop, 2 miles (S. E.) from Bridgnorth; containing, with Eardington township, 553 inhabitants, of whom 204 are in the township of Quatford. The parish comprises 1813 acres, of which 514 are in the township of Quatford. The soil is chiefly light and gravelly, and the scenery very beautiful, with much gently-undulating hill and dale. In Eardington are extensive iron-works for the second and third processes of refining; there is also a coalmine, recently opened, but the produce is not of the best quality. The village of Quatford is on the north-east bank of the Severn, which is here navigable for vessels of 40 tons; the road from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster passes through it. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £59, with a parsonage-house, built about 70 years ago; patron and impropriator, Lord Sudeley. The church was originally built by the wife of Roger, Earl of Arundel, Sussex, and Shrewsbury, first cousin of William the Conqueror; the nave was rebuilt about 120 years ago: the structure is of Norman architecture, and stands in one of the most lovely situations in this part of the kingdom; it is fitted with open seats, and is in very good order. There is a place of worship for Baptists; and a Church of England school, lately erected, is supported by subscription and the children's payments. On a high rock overhanging the Severn is a remarkable encampment, where, it is said, the Danes passed a winter when they were driven back by Alfred out of Gloucestershire: this is somewhat confirmed by the names of some of the neighbouring localities.

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

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