STOKE UPON TERN: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

"STOKE UPON TERN, a parish in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford North, a rectory in charge, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, the deanery of Newport, and archdeaconry of Salop. 181 houses, 985 inhabitants. 4½ miles south- west of Drayton."

" EATON, a township in the parish of Stoke upon Tern, and in the Drayton division of Bradford North. 21 houses, 123 inhabitants. 6 miles northwest of Newport."

" OLLERTON, a township in the parish of Stoke upon Tern, and in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford North. 30 houses, 133 inhabitants. 7 miles north-west of Newport."

" WISTANSWICK, a township in the parish of Stoke upon Tern, and in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford North. 35 houses, 188 inhabitants. 3½ miles south of Drayton."

[Transcribed information from A Gazetteer of Shropshire - T Gregory - 1824](unless otherwise stated)

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