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BITTERLEY, Shropshire

"BITTERLEY, a parish in the hundred of Overs, extending also into the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the N.E. of Ludlow, its post town. It comprises the townships of Bitterley, Cleeton, Henley, Hill-upon-Cot, Middleton, and Smitten. Coal and iron abound here, especially at Clee Hill, and many of the inhabitants are employed in working the collieries and mines."

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

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

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