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CULMINGTON, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CULMINGTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 4½ miles N. of Ludlow, its post town, and 10 from Bishop's Castle. It is situated on the river Corve, and contains Burley, Seifton, and Bache. The village is small. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £800, in the patronage of W. J. Clement, Esq. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a small ancient structure. The charities amount to £1 per annum. Near here is a Roman camp. George Hood, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"BACHE, a township in the parish of Culmington and hundred of Lower Munslow, in the county of Salop, 6 miles S.E. from Church Stretton. It is situated near Wenlock Edge and the river Corve."

"BURLEY, a township in the parish of Culmington, hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the N. of Ludlow. It is near the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway."

"NORTON, a hamlet in the parish of Culmington, county Salop, 5 miles N.W. of Ludlow. It is joined with Bache to form a township."

"SIEFTON, a township in the parish of Culmington, county Salop, 6 miles N.W. of Ludlow."

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

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