In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Church Preen like this:
PREEN-CHURCH, a parish in Atcham district, Salop; under Wenlock-Edge, 5¼ miles W S W of Much-Wenlock r. station. Post-town, Much-Wenlock, under Wellington, Salop. Acres, 1,050. Real property, £1, 680 Pop., 97. Houses, 20. The property is divided among four. A Cluniac priory, a cell to Wenlock abbey, was here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £76. Patron, W. H. Sparrow, Esq. The church is good.
Church Preen through time
Church Preen 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 Church Preen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Church Preen, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10454
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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