Description
Chelmarsh, a village and a parish in Salop. The village lies above the river Severn, 1 1/4 mile W from Eardington station, 2 miles NW of Hampton Loade station on the G.W.R., and 4 S by E of Bridgnorth, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Bridgnorth. The parish includes the hamlets of Hampton Loade and Sutton., Acreage, 3283; population, 425. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; value, £210 with residence. The church, lately restored at a cost of £2000, is of the 14th century, and built on the foundations of a Norman church. The tower, containing six bells, was built in 1710. Chelmarsh and Astbury Halls are in this parish.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
