In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Greete like this:
GREET, a parish in Tenbury district, Salop; on the verge of the county, adjacent to the river Teme and the Leominster canal, 2½ miles NW by N of Tenbury town and r. station. Post town, Tenbury. Acres, 1, 040. Real property, £1, 112. Pop., 129. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. H. Hope Edwards, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £200. * Patron, T H. Edwards, Esq. The church is ancient but good.
Greete through time
Greete is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Greete itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Greete in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10361
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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