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MORVILLE, Shropshire

"MORVILL, a parish in the Chelmarsh division of Stottesdon hundred, county Salop, 3 miles N. W. of Bridgnorth, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the turnpike road from Bridgnorth to Much-Wenlock. The parish is intersected by the Marl Brook, and contains the chapelry of Aston-Eyre. It formerly had a cell to Shrewsbury Abbey. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The soil consists of loam and clay, with a clayey subsoil. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1773."

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

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

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