Baschurch, Shropshire

Description
Baschurch, a village, a township, and a parish in Salop. The village lies near the river Perry, 8 miles NW of Shrewsbury, and has a station on the G.W.R., and a post office under Shrewsbury. The parish includes also the townships of Birch, Boreatton, Eyton, Fennemere, Merehouse, Newtown, Prescott, Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, Stanwardine-in-the-Fields, Walford, Weston-Lullingfield, and Yeaton. Acreage, 8491; population of the civil parish, 1439; of the ecclesiastical, 1443. On Berth Hill there are remains of ancient fortifications, and a deep pool or mere. Boreatton Hall is the seat of the lord of the manor. Walford Manor and Walford Hall are other principal residences. Stanwardine Hall, dating from 1560, is now a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £335 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient, partly Norman; it contains an ancient font and some monuments, and an old Bible chained to the wall. The vicarage of Weston-Lullingfield is a separate benefice. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Newtown, and chapels for Primitive Methodists at Walford Heath and Weston Common. Hawies' charity, with an income of about £400, supports schools at Newtown and Weston.