History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]

A comprehensive county survey that assembles historical narrative and practical topography alongside a full alphabetical gazetteer and directory of inhabitants. It opens with general history and compiled extracts from earlier writers and public reports, then provides parish-by-parish entries noting situation, extent, population, landowners, manorial lords, church livings and patrons, places of worship, public buildings, charities, local industries, antiquities, and noteworthy events. Directories of towns list trades and residents' addresses, and the volume includes lists of magistrates and seats of the gentry, a chronology of events, a large county map, and an index for quick reference.