Kinnerley, Shropshire Family History Guide
Kinnerley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Alternative names: Kinnersley
Other places in the parish include: Upper Maesbrook, Dovaston, Edgerley, Kinnerley and Argoed, Kynaston, Tyricoed, Maesbrook-isaf, Maesbrook Issa, Maesbrook-uchaf, Osbaston, Tir-y-coed, and Lower Maesbrook.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1677
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Cardeston
- Shrawardine
- Knockin
- Oswestry
- Great Ness
- West Felton
- Llanymynech
- Melverley
- Llandysilio
Parish History
Kinnerley
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINNERSLEY, a township and a parish in Oswestry district, Salop. The township lies 3 miles ENE of the boundary with Wales, 4 S of Rednall r. station, and 6½ SE by S of Oswestry; and has a post office under Oswestry. The parish contains also the townships of Dovaston, Edgerley, Kynaston, Lower Maesbrook, Upper Maesbrook, Osbaston, and Tyricoed. Acres, 5, 891. Real property, £9, 002. Pop. in 1851, 1, 254; in 1861, 1, 310. Houses, 277. The property is much subdividedA castle stood anciently here; and was destroyed, in the time of Henry III., by Llewelyn. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £114. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good. Charities, £16.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Kinnerley. A parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswestry, a rectory discharged, in the diocese of St. Asaph, and in the deanery of Marchia [sic]. (The archdeaconry of the diocese of St. Asaph is held by the bishop.) 215 houses, 1,167 inhabitants. 6 ½ miles south-east of Oswestry.
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
Argoed
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Argoed. A township in the parish of Kinnerley, and in the hundred of Oswestry. 6 ½ miles south-east by south of Oswestry.
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
Dovaston
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Dovaston. A township in the parish of Kinnerley, and in the lover division of the hundred of Oswestry. 7 ½ miles south-east of Oswestry.
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
Edgerley
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Edgerley. A township in the hundred of Oswestry.
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
Kynaston
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Kynaston. A township in the hundred of Oswestry.
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 Registers
Kinnerley Parish Registers 1677-1812
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Oswestry
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of St Asaph (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: St Asaph
- Rural Deanery: Oswestry
- Poor Law Union: Oswestry
- Hundred: Oswestry
- Province: Canterbury