Berrington, Shropshire

Description
Berrington, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands near the river Severn, and has a station on the Severn Valley branch of the G.W.R., 5 miles SE of Shrewsbury, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Crosshouses. The parish also includes the village of Crosshouses and the townships of Betton, Brompton, Cantlop, and Eaton Mascott. Acreage, 4374; population of the civil parish, 968; of the ecclesiastical, 904. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £444 with residence. Patron, Lord Berwick. The church is ancient, and has a tower with eight pinnacles. It contains a Saxon font, a remarkable wooden effigy, and has a fine stained window. It was restored in 1877. At Crosshouses there is a Congregational chapel, and at Eaton Mascott a Wesleyan chapel. The Atcham Union workhouse is situated at Crosshouses.