Dorrington Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Dorrington, a township, in the parish of Muckleston, union of Market Drayton, Drayton division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop, 5 ¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Drayton; containing 188 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.