In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fitz like this:
FITZ, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on the rivers Perry and Severn, and on the Shrewsbury and Oswestry railway, 4 miles NW of Shrewsbury. Post town, Bicton Heath, under Shrewsbury. Acres, 1, 512. Real property, £3, 077. Pop., 323. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £272.* I Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.
Fitz through time
Fitz is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fitz itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fitz, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10298
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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