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Divisions. The common divisions of Shropshire are –

1. The hundred of Oswestry.
2. The hundred of Pimhill.
3. The hundred of Bradford.
4. The hundred of Brimstry; or Brimstree.
5. The hundred of Ford.
6. The liberties of Shrewsbury.
7. The hundred of Condover.
8. The franchise of Wenlock.
9. The hundred of Chirbury.
10. The hundred of Purslow.
11. The hundred of Munslow.
12. The hundred of Stottesden.
13. The liberties of Bridgnorth.
14. The hundred of Clun.
15. The hundred of Overs.

The hundred of Oswestry is divided into the upper and lower divisions; the hundred of Pimhill into the Ellesmere and Baschurch divisions; the hundred of Bradford into North and South; and again into the Whitchurch and Drayton divisions of the North part, and the Wellington and Newport divisions, of the South part; the hundred of Brimstry into the Shiffnal, Bridgnorth, and Hales Owen divisions; the hundred of Condover, into the Cound and Condover divisions; the hundred of Chirbury into the upper and lower divisions; the hundred of Purslow into the Bishopscastle and Stow divisions; the hundred of Munslow into the upper and lower divisions; the hundred of Stottesden into the Cleobury and Chelmarsh divisions; and the hundred of Clun into the Mainstone and Clun divisions. See appendix.

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