Description
Montford, a village and a parish in Salop. The village-stands on the river Severn, 3 1/2 miles NNW of Hanwood station on the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway, and 5 W by N of Shrewsbury. Post town, Montford Bridge, under Shrewsbury. The parish contains also the townships of Ensdon and Forton, and comprises 3137 acres; population of the civil parish, 478; of the ecclesiastical, with Shrawardine, 644. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Shrawardine, in the diocese of Lichfield y net value, £339 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Powis. The church is ancient and was restored in 1884.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
