STIRCHLEY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.

"STIRCHLEY, a parish in the Wellington division of the hundred of BRADFORD (South), county of SALOP, 3 miles (W. by S.) from ShilFnall, containing 172 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £6. 5. 10., and in the patronage of John Oakeley, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. The Shropshire canal passes through the parish."

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831](unless otherwise stated)

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