STOWE: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.

"STOWE (or STOW), a parish in the hundred of PURSLOW, county of SALOP, 1 mile (N. E.) from Knighton, containing 157 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £4. 7. 4., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The river Team runs through the parish."

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

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