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QUATFORD: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

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"QUATFORD, a parish in the liberties of Bridgnorth, a curacy, in the exempt jurisdiction of Bridgnorth. 86 houses, 411 inhabitants. 2 miles south-east of Bridgnorth. Quatford is a parish and manor. In the beautiful village of the same name lies the lordship of the Hay, anciently the seat of the Bruyns and Otleys,- now belonging to the Hon. Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, brother of the Earl of Liverpool. Quatford is held with Erdington."

" EARDINGTON, a township in the parish of Quatford, in the liberties of Bridgnorth, in the peculiar jurisdiction of Bridgnorth, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. 60 houses, 1¼ miles south of Bridgnorth."

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

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]