GRINSHILL:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

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

"GRINSHILL (or GRINSELL), a parish in the liberties of Shrewsbury, a rectory or donative, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, the deanery of Salop, and archdeaconry of Salop. 40 houses, 214 inhabitants. 7 miles north of Shrewsbury.

From Hawkstone, southwards, to Lea and Grinshill hills, extends a line of siliceous free stone, chiefly of the red kind, except at Grinshill, where there is a considerable quantity of white, of which great use has been made in the bridges, churches, and other modern edifices of Shrewsbury.

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2012]

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