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"WILLEY, a parish in Wenlock franchise, county Salop, 2 miles S. of Broseley, 4½ N.W. of Bridgnorth, and 4 from Much-Wenlock, within which borough it is situated. The village is situated on the Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth road, and near the river Severn. The greater part of the parish is comprised within the park of Lord Forester, who occasionally resides at Willey Hall, and is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £300. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is situated within the park, and contains several monuments to the Weld and Forester families."[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2015]
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| St John, Willey, Church of England |
- The transcription of the Parish Registers for Willey provided by Mel Lockie.
- A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Willey in 1899, by Brian Willey.
- A transcript of the Willey parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the Willey parish entries from Gregory's 1824 Gazetteer of Shropshire,
- A transcript of the Willey parish entries from Stephen Whatley's 1750 Gazetteer of England,
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