Place:Rushbury, Shropshire, England

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NameRushbury
Alt namesEastwallsource: settlement in parish
Grettonsource: settlement in parish
Stanwaysource: settlement in parish
Stone Actonsource: settlement in parish
Wall under Heywoodsource: settlement in parish
Wilderhopesource: settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.522°N 2.719°W
Located inShropshire, England
See alsoMunslow Hundred, Shropshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Church Stretton Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1894-1934
Ludlow Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1934-1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Rushbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, roughly five miles from Church Stretton and eight miles from Much Wenlock.

Nearby parishes include Cardington and Ticklerton. Longville in the Dale, and Wall under Heywood are settlements in Rushbury parish.

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

"RUSHBURY, a village and a parish in Church-Stretton [registration] district, Salop. The village stands on the Much-Wenlock and Craven-Arms railway, 4 miles E by S of Church-Stretton; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Church-Stretton, and a [railway] station. The parish includes the townships of Rushbury, Stone-Acton, Wall-under-Haywood, Wilderhope, Stanway, and parts of Gretton and Eastwall. Acres: 4,132. Real property: £4,203. Population: 576. Houses: 108. The property is much subdivided. The parish is traversed by Watling-street and Ryknield-street; is supposed to have had a Roman station; and has yielded Roman coins. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value: £449. Patron: the Bishop of Worcester. The church was restored in 1855. There are a parochial school, and charities £44."

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