| A History of Shropshire: Volume X: Wenlock, Upper Corvedale, and the Stretton Hills Contributor(s): Baugh, G. C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0197227899 ISBN-13: 9780197227893 Publisher: Victoria County History OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 942 |
| Series: Victoria County History |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 12.6" W x 8.6" (5.55 lbs) 420 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This addition to The Victoria History of the Counties of England series presents an authoritative history from early times to the 1980s of the 27 ancient parishes that formed the borough of Wenlock and the adjoining parts of Munslow hundred: the south Shropshire region including Wenlock, upper Corve Dale, and the Stretton Hills. Three towns are dealt with: the ancient ecclesiastical and administrative center of Wenlock; the 18th Century industrial town of Broseley with its satellite mining and eathernware manufacturing settlements; and the resort of Church Stretton. |