In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nesscliffe like this:
NESS-CLIFF, a township in Great Ness parish, Salop; on the Potteries, Shrewsbury, and North Wales railway, 11¼ miles W N W of Shrewsbury. It has a station on the railway . A rocky cliff is here, and givesname to the township. There was formerly a chapel ofease, on a site now occupied by a parochial school.
Additional information about this locality is available for Great Ness
Nesscliffe through time
Nesscliffe 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 Nesscliffe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nesscliffe, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25320
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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