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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SALWARPE, a parish, with a village, in Droitwich district, Worcester; on the S. river, the Droitwich canal, and the Wolverhampton and Worcester railway, 2 miles S W by W of Droitwich. It has a pillar-box under Droitwich. Acres, 1,850. Real property, £4, 398. Pop., 442. Houses, 94. The manor, with High Park, belongs to R. A. D. Gresley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £540.* Patron, the Rev. W. W. Douglas. The church was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1848; and has some Normanarches, decorated English aisles, and a later English tower. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Salwarpe CP/AP Droitwich RegD/PLU Worcestershire AncC |
| Place: | Salwarpe |
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