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The following is a list of the poor law unions, with the parishes contained in them: -

ATCHAM UNION

Acton Burnell
Alberbury with Cardeston
Albrighton
Astley
Atcham
Battlefield
Bauseley (Montgomeryshire)
Berrington
Bicton
Church Preen
Church Pulverbatch
Condover
Cound
Cressage
Eaton Constantine
Fitz
Ford
Frodesley
Great Hanwood
Great Wollaston
Habberley
Harley
Hughley
Kenley
Leighton
Melverley
Minsterley
Montford
Pitchford
Pontesbury
Preston Gubbals
Ruckley and Langley
Shineton
Shrawardine
Shrewsbury: - Holy Cross &
“ St. Giles
“ Meole Brace
“ St. Alkmond
“ St. Chad
“ St. Julian
“ St. Mary
Stapleton
Sutton
Uffington
Uppington
Upton Magna
Westbury
Withington
Wroxeter

BRIDGNORTH UNION

Acton Round
Alveley
Astley Abbots
Aston Eyre
Billingsley
Burwarton
Chelmarsh
Chetton
Claverley
Deuxhill
Ditton Priors
Eardington
Glazeley
Long Stanton
Middleton Scriven
Monkhopton
Morville
Neenton
North Cleobury
Oldbury
Quatford
Quatt
Romsley
St. Leonard (Bridgnorth)
St. Mary Magdalen (Bridgnorth)
Sidbury
Tasley
Upton Cressett
Worfield

CHURCH STRETTON UNION

Acton Scott
Cardington
Church Stretton
Easthope
Eaton-under-Haywood
Hope Bowdler
Leebotwood
Longnor
Rushbury
Shipton
Sibdon Carwood
Smethcott
Wistanstow
Woolstaston

CLEOBURY MORTIMER UNION

Aston Botterell
Bayton (Worcester)
Cleobury Mortimer
Corely
Farlow
Highley
Hopton Wafers
Kinlet
Loughton
Mamble (Worcester)
Milson
Neen Savage
Neen Sollars
Rock (Worcester)
Silvington
Stottesden
Wheathill
Woodhouse

CLUN UNION

Bishops Castle
Clun
Clunbury
Clungunford
Edgton
Hopesay
Hopton Castle
Hyssington (Montgomery)
Lydbury (North)
Lydham
Mainstone
Mindtown
More
Norbury
Ratlinghope
Shelve
Snead (Montgomery)
Wentnor

DRAYTON UNION

Adderley
Almington (Stafford)
Ashley (Stafford)
Cheswardine
Childs Ercall
Drayton in Hales, or Market Drayton
Hinstock
Hodnet
Moreton Say
Mucclestone (Stafford)
Norton-in-Hales
Stoke-upon-Tern
Tittenley (Chester)
Tyrley (Stafford)
Woore

ELLESMERE UNION

Baschurch
Bettisfield (Flint)
Bronington (Flint)
Ellesmere
Great Ness
Hadnall Ease
Halghton (Flint)
Hanmer (Flint)
Hordley
Little Ness
Middle
Overton (Flint)
Penley (Flint)
Petton
Tybroughton (Flint)
Welsh Hampton
Willington (Flint)

LUDLOW UNION

Abdon
Ashford Bowdler
Ashford Carbonell
Aston, or Pipe Aston (Hereford)
Bitterley
Brookhampton
Bromfield
Burrington (Hereford)
Caynham
Clee St. Margaret
Cold Weston
Culmington
Diddlebury
Downton (Hereford)
East Hamlet
Elton (Hereford)
Halford
Heath
Holdgate
Hope Baggott
Hopton Cangeford, or Hopton-in-the-Hole
Leinthall Starks (Hereford)
Leintwardine North Side (partly in Hereford)
Ludford (partly in Hereford)
Ludlow (St. Lawrence)
Ludlow Castle
Munslow
Onibury
Richards Castle (partly in Hereford)
Stanton Lacy
Stoke St. Milborough
Stokesay
Tugford
Wigmore (Hereford)

MADELEY UNION

Barrow
Benthall
Broseley
Buildwas
Dawley Magna
Linley
Little Wenlock
Madeley
Much Wenlock
Posenhall
Stirchley
Willey

NEWPORT UNION

Adbaston (Stafford)
Cherrington
Chetwynd
Chetwynd Aston
Church Aston
Edgmond
Forton (Stafford)
Gnosall (Stafford)
High Offley (Stafford)
Lilleshall
Longford
Newport
Norbury (Stafford)
Tibberton
Weston Jones (Stafford)
Woodcote

OSWESTRY INCORPORATION

Chirk (Denbigh)
Kinnerley
Knockin
Llansilin (Denbigh)
Llanyblodwell
Llanymynech (such part as in the hundred of Oswestry)
Oswestry
Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns
St. Martin
Selattyn
Soughton, or Sychtyn
West Felton
Whittington

SHIFNAL UNION

Albrighton
Badger
Beckbury
Blymhill (Stafford)
Bonningale, or Bonninghall
Boscobel
Donington
Kemberton
Patshull (Stafford)
Ryton
Sheriff Hales (partly in Stafford)
Shifnal
Stockton
Sutton Maddock
Tong
Weston-under-Lizard (Stafford)

WELLINGTON UNION

Bolas Magna
Ercall Magna
Eyton-upon-the-Wild-Moors
Kinnersley
Longdon-upon-Tern
Preston-upon-the-Wild-Moors
Rodington
Waters Upton, or Upton Parva
Wellington
Wombridge
Wrockwardine
Wrockwardine Wood

WEM UNION

Broughton
Clive
Grinshall
Lee Brockhurst
Loppington
Moreton Corbet
Prees
Shawbury
Stanton-upon-Hine-Heath
Wem
Weston & Wixall-under-Redcastle

WHITCHURCH UNION

Agden (Cheshire)
Bickley (Cheshire)
Bradley (Cheshire)
Chidley (Cheshire)
Chorlton (Cheshire)
Cuddington (Cheshire)
Duckington (Cheshire)
Edge (Cheshire)
Hampton (Cheshire)
Ightfield
Iscoyd (Flint)
Larton or Larkton (Cheshire)
Macefen
Malpas (Cheshire)
Marbury-with-Quoisley (Cheshire)
Newton-juxta-Malpas (Cheshire)
Norbury (Cheshire)
Oldcastle (Cheshire)
Overton (Cheshire)
Stockton (Cheshire)
Tushingham-with-Grindley (Cheshire)
Whitchurch
Wichaugh (Cheshire)
Wigland (Cheshire)
Wirswall (Cheshire)

Source: Kelly’s Directory of Shropshire. Printed and Published by Kelly and Co. 51, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C. London. Published in 1891.