Munslow, Shropshire

Description
Munslow, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands near the river Corve, 3 miles S by E of Rushbury station on the G.W.R., 7 SE of Church Stretton, and 10 N by E of Ludlow; has a post and money order office under Craven Arms (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Craven Arms; and gave the title of Baron to Lord Keeper Littleton, who was a native. The parish contains the townships of Aston, Broadstone, Lower Millichope, and Thonglands, the villes of Holloway and Topley, part of the hamlet of Bachmill, and of the township of Hungerford. Acreage, 3101; population, 513. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Millichope Park is a chief residence. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Broadstone, in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £617. The church is ancient, consists of nave, N aisle, chancel, and chantry chapel, a low tower with a Norman arch, contains an ancient font and several monuments and brasses. A chapel of ease is at Broadstone. There are Wesleyan chapels at Bachmill and Aston, and a Primitive Metliodist chapel at Broadstone.