Place:Stockton (near Bridgnorth), Shropshire, England

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NameStockton (near Bridgnorth)
Alt namesStocktonsource: from redirect
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.595°N 2.4°W
Located inShropshire, England
See alsoBrimstree Hundred, Shropshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Shifnal Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974

NOTE: Stockton (near Bridgnorth) should not be confused with a hamlet in the parish of Chirbury, Shropshire also named Stockton.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Stockton (near Bridgnorth) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"STOCKTON, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Shiffnal [registration] district, Salop [Shropshire]; 2 miles E by N of Linley [railway] station, and 4¼ N by E of Bridgnorth. Post town: Shiffnal. Acres: 3,162. Real property: £5,191. Population: 490. Houses: 92. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: not reported. Patron: W. A. Foster, Esq. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1860."

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