Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STANTON (Long)

STANTON (Long), a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop; 6½ miles SSW of MuchWenlock r. station. It has a post-office under Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1,837. Real property, £2,530. Pop., 234. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £134.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of H. The church is ancient but good. There is a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stanton Long CP/AP       Bridgnorth RegD/PLU       Shropshire AncC
Place names: LONG STANTON     |     STANTON     |     STANTON LONG
Place: Stanton Long

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