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THIS is an inland shire, bounded on the north by Cheshire and a detached portion of the Welch county of Flint; on the east by Staffordshire; on the south by the counties of Radnor, Hereford, and Worcester; and on the west by those of Denbigh and Montgomery. In length, from nor...
THIS is an inland shire, bounded on the north by Cheshire and a detached portion of the Welch county of Flint; on the east by Staffordshire; on the south by the counties of Radn...
2. Part 2BRIDGNORTH is a market town and borough, both corporate and parliamentary, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Stoddesdon; 139 miles N.W. from London, 20 S.E...
3. Part 3To SHIFFNALL, an _Omnibus_, from the King’s Head, Whitburn street, and the Great Western Railway Co.’s Office, bottom of High street, every morning at nine and afternoon at half...
4. Part 4The nearest _Stations_ are at WELLINGTON, on the Shrewsbury & Birmingham line, about seven miles N.N.W. from Broseley, and SHIFFNALL, on the Shrewsbury & Chester line, four mile...
5. Part 5CHURCH STRETTON is a parish in the hundred of Munslow, comprising the township of its name, and also, those of ALL STRETTON, LITTLE STRETTON, and MINTON: the market town of Chur...
6. Part 6DRAYTON, or MARKET DRAYTON, is a market town, in the parish of Drayton in Hales—which latter is partly in the hundred of Bradford North, in the county of Salop, and partly in th...
7. Part 7ELLESMERE is a market town and parish, in the hundred of Pimhill, 169 miles N.W. from London, 16 N.N.W. from Shrewsbury, and 12 from Wrexham; situate near the north-western extr...
8. Part 8The nearest _Station_ is at STOURBRIDGE, five miles distant, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, from whence persons may be conveyed to any part of the kingdom. For...
9. Part 9Partridge Edward John (fancy stationer, public library, agent for the Asam Tea Co. & Depot for the sale of books published by the Irish & National Societies, and depository of t...
10. Part 10OSWESTRY is a borough corporate, market town and parish, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of its name; 171 miles N.W. from London, 18 N.W. from Shrewsbury. 1...
11. Part 1112. Part 12SHIFFNALL is a parish, in the hundred of Brimstree—the market town is 136 miles N.W. from London, 18 E. by S. from Shrewsbury (17¼ by rail), and 13 N.W. from Wolverhampton (12¼...
13. Part 13The manufactures of Shrewsbury are neither prominent nor extensive. At one period, its trade with the Welch, in flannel, was considerable; but, from causes variously assigned, i...
14. Part 1415. Part 1516. Part 16WELLINGTON is a market town and parish in the hundred of Bradford, 144 miles N.W. from London, and 11 E. from Shrewsbury. The town is situated near the ancient Roman _Watling St...
17. Part 17To CHESTER, LIVERPOOL, and MANCHESTER, the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, from Wappenshall wharf, daily, and Henshall & Co. from the same wharf, two or three times...
18. Part 18OR MUCH WENLOCK, is an ancient borough, both corporate and parliamentary, a market town and parish, and the head of a liberty, having separate jurisdiction; 148 miles N.W. from...
19. Part 19{1} The text of the directory was gathered and written in 1856. E.g. “There is at present (1856) in the course of erection”. However, no physical copy bearing a title page with...