More Shropshire Family History Guide
More is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Moreswood and Linley.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1569
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
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More
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MORE, a township and a parish in Clun district, Salop. The township lies on the river Onny, near the boundary with Wales, 2½ miles NNE of Bishops-Castle r. station. The parish contains also the townships of Linley and Moreswood; and its Post town, is Bishops Castle, Shropshire. Acres, 3,533. Real property, £2,653. Pop., 227. Houses, 40. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. F. More. There are ancient Norman shooting butts, and several ancient camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £270. Patron, the Rev. T. F. More. The church was recently rebuilt, and has a tower. There are an endowed school with £.5 a year, and charities £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
MORE, a parish, in the union of Clun, hundred of Purslow, S. division of Salop, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bishop’s-Castle, on the road to Shrewsbury; containing 246 inhabitants. It comprises 3534 acres, of which 943 are common or waste land; of the remainder, the arable and pasture are in about equal portions. The surface is undulated, and the scenery picturesque and well wooded: the river Onney flows through the parish. Good building-stone is obtained. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 6. 2., and in the gift of R. B. More, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £242, and the glebe contains 18½ acres, with a house. A school is endowed with £5 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Moor or More. A parish in the Bishopscastle division of the hundred of Purslow, a rectory discharged, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Clun, and archdeaconry of Salop. 47 houses, 277 inhabitants. 2 ½ miles north-east of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Linley
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Linley. A township in the parish of More, and in the Bishopscastle division of the hundred of Purslow. 3 miles north-east of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
More Parish Registers
More 1570 to 1812 Shropshire Parish Registers Diocese of Hereford Vol. 2 (1901) Author: Shropshire Parish Register Society. General editor; 1900-1906, W.P.W. Phillimore. Publisher: Privately printed for the Shropshire Parish Register Society. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
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Poll Book 1865, More Shropshire
Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.
Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.
Bishop’s Castle Polling District
More, Parish of
288 Cooke William
289 James Robert
290 Jones William
291 Jones William
292 Male Arthur Somery
293 More Rev. Thomas Frederick
294 More Robert Jasper
295 Mellings John
296 Morris Thomas
297 Pugh Richard
298 Pugh Elisha
299 Thomas John
300 Wardman John
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Administration
- County: Shropshire
- Civil Registration District: Clun
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Clun
- Poor Law Union: Clun
- Hundred: Purslow
- Province: Canterbury