| |
| | GENUKI: Wem, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | The parish comprises, besides the town of Wem, the chapelries of Edstaston and Newtown, and the townships of Aston, Cotton, Horton, Lacon, Lowe-with-Ditches, Northwood, Sleap, Soulton, Tilley, Trench, and Wolverley. |
 | | The town, which is a polling place for the county, is situated on the northern bank of the river Roden, near a branch of the Ellesmere canal, and on the road from Shrewsbury to Chester. |
 | | The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £160, in the patronage of the Rector of Wem. |
| www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/SAL/Wem/Gaz1868.html (904 words) |
|