In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alveley like this:
ALVELEY, a township and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The township lies on the river Severn, adjacent to the Severn Valley railway, near Higley r. station, 8 miles NNW of Kidderminster; and has a post. office under Bridgnorth. Pop., 882. Houses, 194. The parish includes also the township of Nordley-Regis and the liberty of Romsley. ...
Acres, 6,788. Real property, £8,423. Pop., 1,018. Houses, 225. The property is much subdivided. Lead ore occurs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £103. Patron, Mrs. Wakeman. The church had a chantry. A school has £26 a year from endowment, and other charities £97.
Alveley through time
Alveley is now part of Bridgnorth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bridgnorth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Alveley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alveley, in Bridgnorth and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3175
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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