Morville, Shropshire

Description
Morville, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands on a small affluent of the river Severn, 3 miles W by N of Bridgnorth, and has a post office under Bridgnorth; money order and telegraph office, Bridgnorth. The parish contains also the township of Aston Eyre and the hamlets of Bridgwalton, Croft, Harpswood, Haughton, and Underton. Acreage, 5269; population, 464. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Aston Eyre is separated from Morville for parish council purposes, and has its own parish meeting. Aldenham Park, the seat of Lord Acton, is a fine mansion built in 1697, stands in an extensive park, and is approached by a beautiful avenue. Morville Hall is another chief residence. A priory, a cell to Shrewsbury Abbey, was formerly here. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Aston Eyre, in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £195 with residence. Patron, Lord Acton. The church was built in 1118 on the site of a previous Saxon edifice, consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, and an embattled tower, and contains a Norman font. Aston Eyre has a Norman church. A Roman Catholic chapel is at Aldenham Hall.