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Cardington. A parish in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow, a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Wenlock, and archdeaconry of Salop. 124 houses, 687 inhabitants.11 ½ miles south of Shrewsbury. Cardington produces a quartz, and clay, the former of which is said to be superior to that imported from Caernarvonshire, for the use of the Staffordshire potteries.

Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824