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WORFIELD, Shropshire

"WORFIELD, a parish in the Hales-Owen division of Brimstree hundred, county Salop, 4 miles N.E. of Bridgnorth. It is watered by the Worfe, a tributary of the Severn, and is divided into N.E., S.E., NW., and S.W. quarters, comprising 34 townships The village is situated on the road from Bridgnorth to Wolverhampton. The soil is a rich loamy ryeland. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £240."

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

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

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