Worthen Shropshire Family History Guide
Worthen is a parish, twelve miles south-west from Shrewsbury, in the hundreds of Chirbury and Ford, diocese of Hereford, archdeaconry of Ludlow, and rural deanery of Montgomery. It comprises the townships of Aston Pigot, Aston Rogers, Beachfield, Binweston, Brockton, Bromlow, Grimmer, Hampton, Leigh, Meadowtown, Rowley, and Walton.
The townships of Hope, Habberley Office, Upper Heath, Nether Heath, and parts of Meadowtown and Bromlow, were separated from Worthen in 1860, to form the new ecclesiastical district of Hope. The area of the parish is 13,911 acres; and the population in 1901 was 2,243, of whom 1,223 persons are in the ecclesiastical district of Hope. The three Welsh townships of Leighton, Trelystan, and Rhos-goch, with 3,800 acres not included above, were separated and formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1853 under a Vicar, the Rector of Worthen remaining Rector of these townships.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1558
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Minsterley
- Chirbury
- Wentnor
- Alberbury
- Pontesbury
- Middleton
- Shelve
- Westbury
- Ratlinghope
- Habberley
- Trelystan
- Rhos-goch
Parish History
Worthen
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WORTHEN, a village and a township in Salop, and a parish partly also in Montgomeryshire, but all in Montgomery district. The village stands 3¼ miles WSW of Minsterley r. station, and 12½ SW by W of Shrewsbury; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Shrewsbury. The township includes several hamlets. Pop. in 1851, 2,887; in 1861, 3,150. Houses, 629. The parish contains three other townships, and comprises 18,130 acres. Real property, £14,100. Pop. in 1851, 3,325; in 1861, 3,723. Houses, 738. The property is much subdivided. There are lead mines, supposed to have been part of the ancient boundary between England and Wales, a circular mound, called the Beacon Ring, and several barrows. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £1,088. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church was partially restored in 1849. The rectory of Hope, the vicarage of Trelystan, and the p. curacy of Leighton are separate benefices. There are dissenting chapels, national schools, and charities £33.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Aston Pigot
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Aston-Pigott, 1 m. N. and included in Worthen
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Aston in Pigot. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 11 miles south-west of Shrewsbury
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 Rogers
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Aston-Rogers, 1¼ mile N. and included in Worthen
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Aston Rogers. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 10 ½ miles south-west of Shrewsbury.
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
Beachfield
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Beachfield. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury
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
Beachford
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Beachford. A township in the Parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury.
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
Brockton
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Brockton. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 13 miles south-west of Shrewsbury.
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
Bromlow
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Bromblow, or Bromlow, a quarter, in the parish of Worthen, hundred of Chirbury, S division of Salop; containing 468 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Bromlow. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 51 houses, 317 inhabitants. 8 ½ miles north of Bishopscastle.
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
Bynweston
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Bing-Weston, a quarter in Worthen parish, Salop; 2 miles WSW of Worthen.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Byn Weston; or Bin Weston. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 23 houses, 155 inhabitants. 14 miles south-west of Shrewsbury.
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
Grimmer
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Grimmer. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 12 miles south-west of Shrewsbury.
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
Habberley Office
Shropshire Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Habberley-Office, a township in Worthen parish, Salop; 9 1/2 miles SW of Shrewsbury.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Habberley-Office, a township, in the parish of Worthen, hundred of Chirbury, S. division of Salop; containing 313 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Habberley Office. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the hundred of Ford
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
Heath Over
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Heath Over. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the hundred of Ford. 30 houses, 504 inhabitants.
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
Hope
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Hope. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 8 ½ miles north-east by north of Bishopscastle.
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
Meadow Town
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Meadow Town. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury.
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
Nether Heath
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Nether Heath. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the hundred of Ford.
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
Rewins Farm
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Rewins Farm. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury.
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
Rhos Goch
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Rhose Gough; or Rhos Goch. A township in the parish of Worthen, and in the lower division of the hundred of Chirbury. 14 miles south-west of Shrewsbury.
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
Worthen Parish Registers 1558-1812
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Shropshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Montgomery
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Pontesbury
- Poor Law Union: Montgomery
- Hundred: Chirbury
- Province: Canterbury