HORDLEY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

"HORDLEY, a parish in the Ellesmere division of the hundred of Purslow, a rectory discharged, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, the deanery of Salop, and archdeaconry of Salop. 53 houses, 308 inhabitants. 3 miles south-west of Ellesmere."

" BAGLEY, a township in the parish of Hordley, and in the Ellesmere division of the hundred of Pimhill. 4½ miles south of Ellesmere."

[Transcribed information from A Gazetteer of Shropshire - T Gregory - 1824](unless otherwise stated)

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]