CONDOVER, Shropshire
"CONDOVER, a parish in the hundred of Condover, in the county of Salop, 4 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury, its post town. It has a station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway. It is situated on a branch of the Severn, and contains the townships and hamlets of Bay stop, Boreton, Chatford, High and Low Condover, Dorrington, Lyth, Ryton, Westley, and Wheathall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, value £258, in the patronage of E.W. Owen, Esq., who is also lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient stone structure, chiefly in the Norman style. In addition to the parish church there is a district church at Dorrington, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £127, in the patronage of T. H. Edwards, Esq. There is an endowed school. The parochial charities produce £25 per annum, and the church lands, which are also applied to parochial purposes, £31. Condover Hall was built by Chief Justice Owen about 1590.""BAYSTON, a township in the parishes of Condover and Shrewsbury St. Julian, hundred of Condover, in the county of Salop, 3 miles from Shrewsbury. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £30, in the patronage of the Curate of St. Julian's.
"CHATFORD, a township in the parish of Condover, in the county of Salop, 6 miles S.W. of Shrewsbury."
"DORRINGTON, a township in the parish and hundred of Condover, in the county of Salop, 7 miles S. of Shrewsbury, its post town, and 6 N. of Church Stretton. It is a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford line. The village is situated on a branch of the river Severn, in the neighbourhood of the Lawley, Caradoc, and Longmynd hills. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £127, in the patronage of T. H. Hope Edwardes, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Edward, is a recent structure. The charities amount to £5 per annum. The Independents have a chapel, and there is a school for girls. E. Owen, Esq., is lord of the manor."
by Colin Hinson ©2011
Church Records
- The transcription of the Parish Registers for
Condover provided by Mel Lockie. Added 22 Nov 2009.
- The transcription of the Non-Conformist Register for
Lyth Hill and Dorrington Independent Chapel provided by Mel Lockie.
Added 17 June 2011.
Gazetteers
- A transcript of the Condover parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the Condover parish entries from Gregory's 1824 Gazetteer of Shropshire,
