Morville, Shropshire Family History Guide
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
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Adjacent Parishes
Historical Descriptions
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
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
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