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CLUNBURY, Shropshire

"CLUNBURY, a parish in the Stow division of the hundred of Purslow, in the county of Salop, 4 miles E. of Clun, and 7 S.E. of Bishop's Castle. Shrewsbury is its post town. It is situated on the river Clun, and contains the townships, of Clunton, Kempton, and Obley. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Hereford, value £120, in the patronage of Earl Powis. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, is an ancient stone structure. The charities produce £8 per annum. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. There are National schools. Earl Powis is lord of the manor. A Roman camp was stationed here."

[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 Clunbury from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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

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