Morville, Shropshire Family History Guide

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Morville is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Alternative names: Morveild, Morvill, Morville with Aston Eyre

Parish church: St. George

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1638

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MORVILL, a village and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands on a small affluent of the river Severn, 3 miles W by N of Bridgnorth r. station; and has a post office under Bridgnorth. The parish contains also the township of Aston-Eyre, and comprises 5,166 acres. Real property, not separately returned. Pop., 507. Houses, 101. The property is divided among five. Aldenham Hall is a chief residence. A priory, a cell to Shrewsbury abbey, was anciently here. The parish is a meet for the Wheatland hounds. The living is a p. curacy, united with the chapelry of Aston Eyre, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £204. Patron, Lord Sudeley. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. A Roman Catholic chapel is at Aldenham Hall. Charities, £24.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court

Poll Books

Poll Book 1865, Morville 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.

Bridgnorth Polling District

Morville, Parish of

664 Acton Sir John, Bart.

665 Braithewaite John

666 Charlton Humphrey, see 3693

667 Clark John

668 Edwards Joseph

669 Embrey Charles

670 Elcock Joseph

671 Elcock William

672 Harrison Robert

673 Jones James

674 Langford Henry Thomas

675 Madeley Jasper

676 Meredith James

677 Mullens Reuben

678 Oliver William

679 Reece Edwin Bailey

680 Willliams David, see 789

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This One Inch to the Mile map fills a major gap in the series. It covers the western part of the Black Country, plus a good section of east Shropshire. Coverage stretches from Dudley and Tipton westward to Morville, and from Bilston southward to Wolverley. Featuires include much of the Severn Valley Railway, Kinlet Park, the industrial area around Sedgley, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, etc. On the reverse is included a map of the village of Trysull. View Map Details*
Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bridgnorth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Stottesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgnorth
  • Hundred: Stottesdon
  • Province: Canterbury