Nearby Places

Shropshire

Contents & Site Map

Shropshire Towns & Parishes

ATCHAM, Shropshire

"ATCHAM, (or Attingham), a parish in the Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, in the county of Salop, 3¾, miles to the S.E. of Shrewsbury. It is situated in a pleasant country on the banks of the Severn, at the confluence of the Tern with that river. The turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Wellington passes through this village, and, until the days of railroads, was the great thoroughfare between London and Holyhead. The parish comprises the townships of Berwick, Cronkill, Emstrey, and Uckington, and the hamlet of Chilton."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Atcham from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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

© Copyright Rosemary Lockie, GENUKI and Contributors 1999-2006, &c.
GENUKI is a registered trade mark of the charitable trust GENUKI, see About GENUKI as an Organisation

Are you lost in the Genuki hierarchy or arrived here from a Search Engine?
If so, use the up-arrow(s) at the top of the page to go up the hierarchy.

URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Atcham/index.html