Claverley, Shropshire Family History Guide
Claverley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Aston, Besbridge, Broughton, Dallicott, Farmcott, Woundale, Heathton, Hopstone, Ludstone, Shipley, Sutton, Parks Lane and Gatacre.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1568
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Roman Catholic.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Claverley
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CLAVERLEY, a township and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The township lies near the boundary with Stafford, 5¼ miles E of Bridgnorth town and r. station; and has a post office under Bridgnorth. The parish contains also the townships of Aston, Besbridge, Broughton, Dallicott, Farmcott, Gatacre, Heathton, Hopstone, Ludstone, Shipley, Sutton, and Woundale. Acres, 8,143. Real property, £16,278. Pop., 1,667. Houses, 368. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £305. Patron, John Beedham, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £90.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Claverley Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Claverley. A parish in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry, a curacy, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, in the peculiar jurisdiction of Bridgnorth. 254 houses 1305 inhabitants. 4 ½ miles east of Bridgnorth. Claverley gave birth to Sir Robert Brooke, who was educated at Oxford, from whence he removed to the middle Temple. In 1553, he became chief justice of the common pleas, in which office he conducted himself with inflexible integrity, and died in 1558. His works are, “An Abridgment of the year books,” in folio; “Certain cases adjudged;” and “Reading on the statutes of limitations,” 8vo.
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.
Aston
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Aston. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 6 miles west 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
Besbridge
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Besbridge. A township in the parish of Claverley. And in the franchise of Wenlock.
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
Broughton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Broughton. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 6 miles east 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
Dallicot
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Dallicot. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 4 miles north-east by east 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
Farmcott
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Farmcott. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 4 miles south-east by east 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
Gatacre
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Gatacre. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 6 miles south-east 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
Heathton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Heathton. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 6 miles east 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
Hopton or Hopestone
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Hopton or Hopestone. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 4 miles east 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
Ludstone
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Ludstone. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry. 5 miles north-east by east 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
Parks Lane
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Park’s Lane. A township in the parish of Claverley, and in the Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Brimstry.
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
Claverley Parish Registers 1568-1812 (Marriages to 1837)
Parish Records
FamilySearch
FamilySearch Historical Records
Poll Books
Claverley, 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
Claverley, Parish of
534 Acton Edward Farrer
535 Allerton Samuel, dead
536 Aston William
537 Bannister Charles
538 Bate Walter
539 Bishton George
540 Blewitt Richard
541 Brinsford Samuel
542 Broughall George
543 Brewer Richard
544 Bowen Thomas Baddeley
545 Bowen Thomas
546 Bellamy Richard
547 Braiser John, dead
548 Cartwright Joseph Round
549 Clare Thomas
550 Cox Joseph
551 Crowther John
552 Croyden George
553 Croyden John
554 Clarke Edward
555 Davies Edward
556 Davies James
557 Devey William
558 Edmonds Joseph
559 Evans William
560 Evans Thomas
561 Felton William
562 Gabert George Helder Betterton, the Rev.
563 Gatacre Edward Lloyd
564 Griffiths William
565 Griffin Thomas
566 Golden Aaron Eccleston
567 Hand Thomas
568 Hadley John
569 Harley Edward Bowen
570 Hawkesford John
571 Hill John
572 Hill William
573 Jordin John, see 490
574 Kettle George Mackenzie
575 Moseley William
576 Morris Francis
577 Minor Samuel, see 724, 916
578 Nock Thomas, see 3618
579 Oldfield George
580 Page John
581 Penzer Thomas
582 Perry Samuel
583 Perry Joseph
584 Perry James
585 Plimley John
586 Price Thomas
587 Pudsey George Aston, see 477
588 Pritchard John, see 926
589 Rea Benjamin
590 Rogers John
591 Rushton Francis
592 Smith Samuel Pearman
593 Stokes William
594 Taylor Henry Cavendish
595 Thomas John
596 Thomas Thomas
597 Webster Thomas
598 Wellings William
599 Wilson Henry
600 Wilson John, junr,
601 Wilson Thomas, junr., see 948
602 Wilson William
603 Wilkes Martin
604 Windle John, Rev., see 1510
605 Woolrich Henry
606 If ate William
607 York Benjamin
608 York John
Shropshire Historical Directories
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: Brimstree
- Province: Canterbury