Cardington, Shropshire

Description
Cardington, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands on a pleasant spot under the Caradoc and Cardington Hill, 4 miles ENE of Church Stretton. It has a post and money order office under Church Stretton (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Church Stretton (R.S.O.) Acreage of parish, 6685; population, 565. The parish includes also the townships of Broome Chatwall, Comley, Enchmarsh, Holt-Preen, Lydley-Heys, Plaish, Willstone, and part of Gretton. Fine clay and quartz for the potteries are found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £210 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1867 ; it has an embattled tower, and contains an ancient monument and some brasses. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a partially endowed school.