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QUATT, a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop; adjacent to the river Severn, 1¾ mile N E by N of Hampton-Lode r. station, and 4 S S E of Bridgnorth. It. Consists of the townships of Q.-Jervis and Q.-Malvern; and it has a post-office under Bridgnorth. Acres, 2, 674. Real property, £4, 113. Pop. in 1861, 485. Houses, 69. The manor, with Dudmaston Hall, belongs to the Rev. F. H. Wolryche Whitmore, who is the chief landowner. There are traces of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, Value, £430.* Patrons, the Trustees of the late W. W. Whitmore, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1763; has a tower; and contains an ancient font, and monuments of the Wolryches. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Quatt CP/AP Shropshire AncC |
Place: | Quatt |
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