History of Shrewsbury, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire

Place:

Shrewsbury Shropshire

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Shrewsbury. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
CHAD ST	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
JULIAN ST	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
PENGWERN	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
SCROBBESBYRIG	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
SHREWSBURY	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SHREWSBURY	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST CHAD	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST JULIAN	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Shrewsbury. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
39UE	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ALKMOND ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ATCHAM	Constituency (CCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
CHAD ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
E310887	Local Government District (MB)
HOLY CROSS AND ST GILES	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.
JULIAN ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP/Ch)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MARY ST	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SALOP SHREWSBURY	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SHREWSBURY	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (Liberty)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 735.
	Ancient District (Borough)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 735.
	Constituency (PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Constituency (CCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Local Government District (MB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 736.
	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/Inc)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 737.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 865.
	Sanitary District (RSD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 738.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
SHREWSBURY ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM	Constituency (CCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP/EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS AND ST GILES	Parish-level Unit (CP)	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS WITH ST GILES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY HOLY CROSS WITH ST GILES	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 393.
SHREWSBURY ST ALKMOND	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
SHREWSBURY ST ALKMUND	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST ALKMUND	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST CHAD	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST CHAD	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST GEORGE	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST GILES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP/EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST JULIAN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST JULIAN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP/Ch)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST MARY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST MARY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHREWSBURY ST MICHAEL	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 394.
SHROPSHIRE SHREWSBURY	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
SHROPSHIRE SHREWSBURY	Constituency (CCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
ST ALKMOND	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST CHAD	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST CHAD	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ST CHAD SHREWSBURY	Registration sub-District	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts'.
ST JULIAN	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP/Ch)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST MARY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST MARY	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
ST MARY SHREWSBURY	Parish-level Unit (AP/CP)	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.
ST MARY SHREWSBURY	Registration sub-District	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts'.
UNNAMED	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 396.

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Shrewsbury, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Shrewsbury, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shrewsbury, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/133/names

Date accessed: 24th April 2025