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Hanwood is a village and parish, 3 ½ miles from Shrewsbury, in the Southern division of the county, Ford division and hundred, Atcham union, and diocese of Hereford. The church of St Thomas is a brick building, restored by subscription in the year 1856. The living is a rectory, yearly value £250, in the gift of the Rev. Edward Warter. A parish school was built in the year 1862. Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart., is lord of the manor. Francis Harries, Esq., the Rev. Edward Warter, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Blakeway, are the principal landowners. The charities amount to £10 yearly. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The parish contains 590 acres; the population in 1861 was 288; gross estimated rental, £1,501; rateable value, £1,379 19s. 6d.
Post Office. – John Alltree, postmaster. Letters arrive from Shrewsbury at 6 a.m.; dispatched at 6-10 p.m.

Jones Charles Lloyd, esq. Hanwood ho
Nicholls Misses
Warter Rev. Edward, M.A., J.P. Rectory
Alltree John, smith &c.
Bridge Joseph, New inn
Blakeway and Co. millers, Hanwood mills
Davies John, farmer
Higginson William, tailor
Jones Arthur Gardiner, farmer
Jones Henry, builder
Jones Thomas, shoe maker
Jones Thomas, wheelwright
Littlehales Richd. blacksmith & shopkpr
Marshall & Co. manufacturers of linen thread
Parry John, wheelwright, &c.
Preece Phillip, shopkeeper
Russell John, The Cock inn
Ward John, shoe maker

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.’s, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire 1871