In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Drayton like this:
DRAYTON-PARVA, a township-chapelry in Drayton-in-Hales parish, Salop; 1 mile SW of Market-Drayton. Post town, Market-Drayton. Rated property, £7, 400. Pop., 2, 162. Houses, 497. The property is much subdivided. The chapelry was constituted in 1848. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £155.* Patron, the Vicar of Drayton-in-Hales. The church was built in 1847; and is a Gothic structure, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Additional information about this locality is available for Market Drayton
Little Drayton through time
Little Drayton is now part of North Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Drayton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Drayton in North Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24455
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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