Quatford, Shropshire Family History Guide
Quatford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Eardington, Knowle Sands.
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin: 1602
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Quatford
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
QUATFORD, a village and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands on the river Severn, 2¼ miles SE of Bridgnorth r. station; and has a post-office under Bridgnorth. The parish includes Eardington township, and comprises 1,813 acres. Real property, £7,118; of which £100 are in quarries, £100 in mines, and £120 in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 692; in 1861, 598. Houses, 126. The property is divided among a few. Q. House is a chief residence. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £59. Patron, Lord Sudeley. The church is old but good, and has a tower. There are a Baptist chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £34.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Quatford. A parish in the liberties of Bridgnorth, a curacy, in the exempt jurisdiction of Bridgnorth. 86 houses, 411 inhabitants. 2 miles south-east of Bridgnorth. Quatford is a parish and manor. In the beautiful village of the same name lies the lordship of the Hay, anciently the seat of the Bruyns and Otleys, – now belonging to the Hon. Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, brother of the Earl of Liverpool. Quatford is held with Erdington.
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
Eardington
Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Eardington or Erdington, a township in Quatford parish, Salop; near the Severn river and the Severn Valley railway, 1½ mile S of Bridgnorth. Acres, 1,301. Real property, £5,876; of which £100 are in quarries, £100 in mines, and £120 in iron-works. Pop., 370. Houses, 76. A stoppage of coal and brickworks here occasioned a decrease of about one-fourth of the population between 1851 and 1861.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Eardington, a township in Quatford parish, county of Salop , 2 miles south of Bridgenorth, and west of the river Severn. Acres 1,200. Houses 63. A.P. £1,773. Pop., in 1801, 328; in 1831, 325. Poor rates, in 1838, £75 4s
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Eardington. A parish in the liberties of Bridgnorth, united to Quatford, which is in the peculiar jurisdiction of Bridgnorth, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. 60 houses, 306 inhabitants. 1 ½ mile south of Bridgnorth.
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
Parish Records
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Poll Books
Quatford, Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Bridgnorth Polling District
Quatford, Parish of
713 Campbell Thomas
714 Griffith Edward
715 Hughes William
716 Ryan Sir Edward
717 Scott Peter
718 Turley Richard
Eardington, Poll Book 1865
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Bridgnorth Polling District
Eardington, Township of
617 Baldwin William
618 Cooper John Henry
619 Jackson Thomas, see 829
620 Minshull John
621 Page Henry, dead
622 Pittman Joseph, Esq.
623 Thomas George
Directories
Quatford Cassey Shropshire Directory 1875
Quatford is a parish and suburb of Bridgnorth, with the township of Eardington, one mile and a half from Bridgnorth, and 11 ½ from Shifnal and Kidderminster station, in the Southern division of the county, Stottesden hundred, Bridgnorth union, and diocese of Hereford; it is situated on the turnpike road from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, on the river Severn. The church of St. Mary Magdalene is an old stone building. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £60, with residence and seven acres of glebe land, in the gift of Lord Sudeley. There is a National school, endowed with £5 per annum. The charities are of £9 yearly value. Situated on a picturesque rock overhanging the river Severn is an earthwork, in which a party of Danes are said to have passed the winter. Quatford Castle is a modern building, beautifully situated. Lord Sudeley is lord of the manor. The Rev. Edward Griffith, M.A., the trustees of Careswell’s Charity, and the Rev. Francis Henry Wolryche Whitmore, are chief landowners. The soil is sandy; the subsoil is red sandstone. The population in 1861 was 228, exclusive of Eardington; the area is 514 acres; gross estimated rental, exclusive of Eardington, £1,090; rateable value, £996.
Eardington is a village and township, separated from Quatford by the Severn; it belongs ecclesiastically to Quatford parish, and was given to the church of Quatford in the time of William the Conqueror. It is situated on the highway from Bridgnorth to Chelmarsh, two miles from the former. There is no church; the inhabitants cross in a free ferry boat to Quatford church. There is a National school, capable of accommodating 70 children. There are extensive iron refining works, celebrated for making the best charcoal wire, horse nail and gun iron. Lord Sudeley is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Mrs. Oldbury, J. Pitman, Esq., and T. Walker, Esq. The area is 1,299 acres, and the population in 1861 was 370; gross estimated rental, £3,192; rateable value, £2,988.
Knowle Sands is a hamlet.
Letters are received through Bridgnorth; arrive 7 20 a.m.; dispatched 5 50 p.m.
Quatford.
Griffith Rev. Edward, M.A., Quatford castle
Halstead Herbert, esq., Chantry
Postlethwaite Rev. John, M.A., Village green
Shepheard Major-Genl., Quatford house
Sheppard, Misses, Fir grove
Davis John, Fox inn
Hudson William, The Danery
Jones Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Payne Abraham Thomas, grocer
Poole John, farmer, Thorney bank
Tompkins Thomas, farm bailiff to Wm. Sing, esq.
Turley Richard, ferryman
Eardington.
Angeworth Mrs., Eardington house
Cooper Jon. Henry, esq., Knowle sands
Oldbury Mrs.
Wasey Rev. William George Leigh, M.A., [vicar], Knowle sands
Allendar John, clerk to the Eardington charcoal iron &c. works
Baker Thomas, farmer
Baker Thomas, jun., farmer, The Hay
Baldwin William, farmer
Bradney Thomas, Halfway House inn
Fowler William, Crown inn
Fryer Edward, blacksmith
Harley Thomas, shoe maker
Jackson Thomas Augustine, manager of Eardington charcoal iron wire manufactory, Lower forge, and at Hampton road
Jarratt James, butcher
Lawley William, maltster
Lloyd Thomas, boot and shoe maker and grocer
Minshall John, miller
Nokes Samuel, farmer
Rhodes Edward, farmer, Knowle sands
Thomas George, miller, Daniels mill
Walker James, beer retailer
Weaver William Henry, farmer, Moor farm
Wheeler George, farmer
Source: Edward Cassey & Co.’s History, Gazetteer, & Directory of Shropshire. Printed Shrewsbury 1875.
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Bridgnorth
- Probate Court: Court of the Royal Peculiar of Bridgnorth
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Bridgnorth
- Poor Law Union: Bridgnorth
- Hundred: Bridgnorth Borough; Stottesdon
- Province: Canterbury