PRESTON UPON THE WILD MOORS: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

"PRESTON UPON THE WILD MOORS (or PRESTON), a parish in the Newport division of the hundred of Bradford South, a chapel or rectory discharged, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, the deanery of Newport, and archdeaconry of Salop. 50 houses, 209 inhabitants. 5 miles south-west of Newport.

[Transcribed information from A Gazetteer of Shropshire - T Gregory - 1824](unless otherwise stated)

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]