Whittington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire. Halston, formerly extra parochial, is situated 3 ½ miles north-east of Oswestry, and is about 700 acres in extent. It now lies in the parish of Whittington
Other places in the parish include: Burghill, Daywall, Daywell, Ebnall, Fernhill, Welsh Frankton, Halston, Hengoed, Henlle, Hindford, Old Marton, and Frankton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1591; Separate registers exist for Halston: 1686
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Parishes adjacent to Whittington
- Ellesmere
- Selattyn
- Oswestry
- Dudleston
- Hordley
- St Martin’s
- Oswestry Holy Trinity
- West Felton

Historical Descriptions
Daywell
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Daywell, a township in Whittington parish, Salop; 2 miles NE of Oswestry. Pop., 328.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Daywell. A township in the parish of Whittington, and in the upper division of the hundred of Oswestry. 3 miles north 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
Ebnall
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Ebnall. A township in the hundred of Oswestry. 4 miles north-east by north 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
Forton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Forton. A township in the parish of Whittington, and in the upper division of 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
Hindford
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Hindford. 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
Old Marton
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Marton (Old). A township partly in the parish of Whittington, and partly in the parish of Ellesmere, and in the hundred of Oswestry. 3 miles south-west by west of Ellesmere.
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
Ridges
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Ridges. Upper Ridge and Lower Ridge. A township in the parish of Whittington, and in the Ellesmere division of the hundred of Pimhill. Upper Ridge, 3 miles south-west of Ellesmere, Lower Ridge, 3 ½ miles south-west of Ellesmere.
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
Welsh Frankton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Frankton (Welsh). A township in the parish of Whittington, and in the upper division of the hundred of Oswestry. 2 ½ miles south-west of Ellesmere.
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
Whittington Parish Registers 1591-1812
Shropshire Parish Registers Diocese of St. Asaph Vol. II (1910)
Author: Shropshire Parish Register Society
General editor; 1900-1906, W.P.W. Phillimore; 1907- W.G.D. Fletcher
Publisher: Privately printed for the Shropshire Parish Register Society
Whittington Parish Registers 1591-1812 – Archive.org
Halston Parish Registers 1686-1897
Shropshire Parish Registers Diocese of St. Asaph Vol. II (1910)
Author: Shropshire Parish Register Society
General editor; 1900-1906, W.P.W. Phillimore; 1907- W.G.D. Fletcher
Publisher: Privately printed for the Shropshire Parish Register Society
Halston Parish Registers 1686-1897 – Archive.org
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Oswestry
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of St Asaph (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: St Asaph
- Rural Deanery: Montgomery
- Poor Law Union: Oswestry
- Hundred: Oswestry
- Province: Canterbury