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BRIDGNORTH, Shropshire

"BRIDGNORTH, a market town, parliamentary and municipal borough, comprising the two parishes of St. Mary Magdalene, and St. Leonard, and locally situated in the hundred of Stottesdon, in the county of Salop, 10 miles from Shiffnal railway station, 20 miles to the S.E. of Shrewsbury, and 139 miles to the N.W. of London. The railway from Shrewsbury, along the upper valley of the Severn, is now completed, and has a station at Bridgnorth."

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

Cemeteries

• Roll of Honour - Shropshire - War Memorial Selection lists the names on the Bridgnorth War Memorial. Added 5 Aug 2005.

Gazetteers

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

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

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