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"GREAT BOLAS, a parish in the south division of the hundred of Bradford, in the county of Salop, 6 miles to the W. of Newport. Wellington is its post town. It is situated on the banks of the river Tern, and includes the township of Meeson. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £304, in the patronage of Viscount Hill. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There are some parochial charities of trifling amount."[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2015]
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- The transcription of the Parish Registers for Great Bolas provided by Mel Lockie.
- A transcript of the GreatBolas parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the GreatBolas parish entries from Gregory's 1824 Gazetteer of Shropshire,
Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2015
- MEESON, a township in the parish of Great Bolas, county Salop, 6 miles N.W. of Newport. It is situated on the river Mees, which rises near Woodcotes, flowing N.W. and W. to the Tern at Great Bolas."
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