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| | GENUKI: Broseley, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | "BROSELEY, a parish and market town in the franchise or borough of Wenlock, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the E. of Much Wenlock, 13 miles to the S.E. of Shrewsbury, and 142 miles to the N.W. of London. |
 | | The district of Backfield, consisting of that part of the parish of Broseley which lies on the right bank of the Severn, was formed into a separate ecclesiastical district in 1862; and a church is in course of erection to the memory of G. Pritchard, Esq., late high sheriff of Salop. |
 | | "JACKFIELD, a populous district and chapelry in the parish and borough of Broseley, county Salop, 1 mile N.E. of Broseley. |
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