Albrighton, Shrewsbury and Atcham
| Albrighton | |
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 Albrighton Church |
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 Albrighton
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| Albrighton shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | c.273 |
| OS grid reference | SJ495183 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY4 |
| Dialling code | 01939 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Albrighton is a small village in the North Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. It is situated on the A528 Shrewsbury-Ellesmere road and is roughly 4.0 miles (6.4 km) north of Shrewsbury. After a history of being its own parish, it currently lies in the parish of Pimhill. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, the parish population of Pimhill was 2008, with the number of these habiting in Albrighton being 273.
It is first mentioned in the Domesday Book, as Etbritone ("Ēadbeorht’s settlement"). Albright Hussey was once part of the same manor, and indeed shared the same name originally.
Until 1886, Albrighton was traditionally a chapelry in the parish of Shrewsbury St. Mary, because of the close proximity, along with other small local villages Wollascott and Leaton. As well as being in the hundreds of Pimhill, Albrighton used to be its own parish. Albrighton civil parish succeeded its status as a chapelry, after being created in 1866. Over time, the parish would vary in size, and in April 1934 after the Salop Review Order, there were major boundary changes around Shropshire, with Albrighton being enlarged by 965 acres by the abolition of Battlefield and Shrewsbury St. Alkmund. However the parish became abolished in 1967, just over a hundred years since its creation. The abolition of Albrighton was to enlarge the current administrative parishes of Pimhill and Astley after The Salop (No.2) Order, 1966. After this, Albrighton became part of the parish of Pimhill.
The church in the village is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is a stone building in the early Norman style. According to The Church of England, it was built in 1840 and opened for the first time a year later. It is described by John Marius Wilson, the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as "a very good church." In contemporary society it hosts regular events.
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