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BASCHURCH, Shropshire

"BASCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Pimhill, in the county of Salop, 7½ miles to the N.W. of Shrewsbury, its post town. It is a station on the Chester and Shrewsbury railway. The Ellesmere canal passes through the parish, which contains the chapelry of Little Ness and numerous townships. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £203, with 14 acres of glebe land in Baschurch, and 32 acres in Little Ness, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an old stone structure."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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• The transcription of the section for Baschurch from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

[Original page by Brian Pears 21 Mar 2003 (Gaz3 v01.19)]

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