A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
IRON-BRIDGE, a village and a chapelry in Madeley parish, Salop. The village stands adjacent to the river Severn and to the Severn valley railway, 1 mile E of Coalbrookdale; takes its name from a metal bridge over the Severn; and has a station on the railway and a post office under Wellington, Salop. The bridge was erected in 1779, has a span of 100½ feet, rises 40 feet, is 24 feet wide, and weighs 378½ tons.—The chapelry was constituted in 1845. Pop. in 1861, 3, 154. Houses, 647. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in iron works. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £220.* Patron, the Vicar of Madeley. The church was erected in 1836; and is a neat building, with a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Madeley AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Ironbridge |
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