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COUND, a village, a parish, and a division in Salop. The village stands near the river Severn, 3¾ miles E by S of Condover r. station, and 6½ SE by S of Shrewsbury. The parish is in Atcham district; and includes the chapelry of Cressage, which has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 5, 530. Real property, £8, 330. Pop., 908. Houses, 169. The property is divided among a few. Cound Hall is the seat of the Pelhams. Coal is worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; and, till 1864, was united with Cressage. Value, £650.* Patron, the Rev. H. T. Pelham. The church is ancient but good, with a tower; and there are charities £12. -The division is part of Condover hundred; and contains seven parishes. Acres, 19, 684. Pop., 2, 877. Houses, 540.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a division" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cound AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Cound |
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