In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grinshill like this:
GRINSHILL, a parish in Wem district, Salop; near the Yorton station of the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 4 miles S of Wem. It has a post office under Shrewsbury. Acres, 827. Rated property, £1, 730. Pop., 317. house, 61. The property is divided among a few. Building stone is worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £106 Patron, the Rev. John Wood. The church was enlarged in 1840, and is good. Charities, £6.
Grinshill through time
Grinshill is now part of North Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grinshill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grinshill in North Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10362
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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