BITTERLEY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

"BITTERLEY, a parish in the hundreds of Overs and Munslow, a rectory remaining in charge, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Ludlow, and archdeaconry of Salop. 191 houses, 1064 inhabitants. 4 miles north-east of Ludlow. Bitterley Court, situated on a rising ground at the foot of Clee Hill, is the seat of the Rev. J. Walcot. The Titterstone rises on the north-east, and the prospect towards Ludlow is delightfully extended over a fruitful and cultivated tract of country."

" CLEETON, a township in the parish of Bitterley, and in the hundred of Overs. 64 miles north-east of Ludlow."

" LOWER LEDWITCH, a township in the parish of Bitterley, and in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow."

" MIDDLETON, a township in the parish of Bitterley, and in the hundred of Munslow, a chapel to Bitterley, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Ludlow, and archdeaconry of Salop. 2½ miles north-east of Ludlow."

" SNITTON, a township in the parish of Bitterley, and in the hundred of Stottesdon. 2½ miles east of Ludlow."

[Transcribed information from A Gazetteer of Shropshire - T Gregory - 1824] (unless otherwise stated)

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]