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Hodnet  Shropshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hodnet like this:

HODNET, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Salop; the village and the sub-district in Market-Drayton district, the parish partly also in Wem district. The village stands near the Wellington and Market-Drayton railway, 5½ miles SSW of Market-Drayton; and has a post office ‡ under Market-Drayton, a r. ...


station, an inn, and fairs on 15 May and 20 Oct.—The parish contains also the townships of Little Bolas, Hawkstone, Hopton, Kenstone, Losford, Marchamley, Peplow, and Wollerton in Market-Drayton district, and the chapelry of Weston-and-Wixhill-under-Redcastle in Wem district. Acres, 16, 399. Real property, £18, 767. Pop., 1, 979. Houses, 395. The manor was known at Domesday as Odenett; was held by Roger Montgomery; and passed to the Vernons and others. Hodnet Hall was the seat of Richard Heber, the "Atticus" of Dibdin's "Biblomania;" and had, in his time, a great library, which was sold off at his death. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £1, 884.* Patron, A.H. Percy, Esq. The church is decorated English; has some painted windows and a fine octagonal tower; was recently well repaired; and contains tombs of the Vernons and the Hills, and a beautiful monument to Bishop Heber, who was rector upwards of fifteen years. There is a chapel of ease at Peplow. The donative of Weston-under-Redcastle is a separate charge. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, an endowed school with £8 a year, and other charities with £118. Lord J. Beauclerk was rector.—The sub-district contains the main part of Hodnet parish and four other parishes. Acres, 32, 204. Pop., 5, 095. Houses, 1, 042.

Hodnet through time

Hodnet 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 Hodnet itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hodnet in North Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10376

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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