Description
Alveley, a village and a parish in Salop. the village lies on the river Severn, 1 1/2 mile from Higliley station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles SSE of Bridgnorth, under which it has a post office; telegraph office, Highley railway station. Acreage, 5462; population of the civil parish, 848 ; of the ecclesiastical, 755. The parish includes also the township of Norley-Regis and the liberty of Eomsley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford ; value, £170. The church is an ancient edifice in various styles, and was restored in 1879. It has a pinnacled western tower and a chantry, the latter containing remains of frescoes. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
