Hope Bowdler, Shropshire Family History Guide
Hope Bowdler is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Ragdon, Chelmick, and Chelmich.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1564
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1638
Nonconformists include:
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Parishes adjacent to Hope Bowdler
Historical Descriptions
Hope Bowdler
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOPE-BOWDLER, a parish in Church-Stretton district, Salop; 2 miles E by S of Church-Stretton town and r. station. It includes the townships of Chelmick and Ragdon; and its post town is Church-Stretton, Shropshire. Acres, 1,731. Real property, £1,563. Pop., 178. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £228. Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient, and has a low tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Hope Bowdler. A parish in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow, a rectory, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Clun, and archdeaconry of Salop. 28 houses, 179 inhabitants. 1 ½ mile south-east of Church Stretton.
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
Chelmick
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHELMICK, a township in Hope-Bowdler parish, Salop; 2 miles SE of Church-Stretton. Pop., 49.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Chelmick. A township in the parish of Hope Bowdler, and in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow. 2 miles south-east of Church Stretton.
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
Ragdon
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Ragdon. A township in the parish of Hope Bowdler, and in the upper division of the hundred of Munslow. 1 ½ mile south of Church Stretton.
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
Poll Books
Poll Book 1865, Hope Bowdler Shropshire
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.
Church Stretton Polling District
Hope Bowdler, Parish of
1252 Benson Riou George
1253 Bishop Francis
1254 Cadwallader Richard
1255 Croxon John
1256 Dunne Thomas
1257 Faulkner John
1258 Haynes Philemon
1259 Humphreys Thomas
1260 Hince Thomas
1261 Pinches John
1262 Roberts John
1263 Rogers John
1264 Stanier John
1265 Wilding Thomas
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Church Stretton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Wenlock
- Poor Law Union: Church Stretton
- Hundred: Munslow
- Province: Canterbury