West Felton, Shropshire Family History Guide

West Felton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Alternative names: West Felton, Westfelton

Other places in the parish include: Tedsmore, Tedmore, Sutton, Sandford, Rednall, Haughton, Woolston, and Twyford.

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1628
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1630

Nonconformists include: Independent Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Primitive Methodist.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FELTON (West), a township and a parish in Oswestry district, Salop. The township lies on the river Perry, near the Ellesmere canal, 2 miles E of Rednall r. station, and 4¼ SE of Oswestry; and has a post office under Shrewsbury. The parish includes also the townships of Haughton, Rednall, Sandford, Sutton, Tedsmore, Twyford, and Woolston. Acres, 5,991. Real property, £11,446. Pop., 1,067. Houses, 218. The property is divided among a few. The Nursery is the seat of the Dovastons. St. Winifred’s well, in Woolston township, was formerly in high repute. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £1,023. Patron, the Rev. R. K. Haslehurst. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and charities £26.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

FELTON, WEST (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Oswestry (under a local act), hundred of Oswestry, N. division of Salop, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Oswestry; containing 1087 inhabitants. The parish is bounded by the small river Perry and the Ellesmere canal, and intersected by the Holyhead road. It comprises 5985a. 38p.: the surface is generally level, with some gentle undulations; the soil is various, in some parts sand, in some clay, and in others a fertile loam. There is a handsome sheet of water called Sandford Pool. Stone is quarried for building. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £20. 12. 6., and in the gift of the Earl of Craven: the tithes have been commuted for £1000, and the glebe comprises 39 acres. The church was built in 1480. There are places of worship for Independents and other dissenters; and a school conducted on the national plan. In the hamlet of Woolston is a remarkable well, dedicated to St. Winifred. John Dovaston, Esq., a man of considerable literary attainments, was born here in 1740.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848