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Albrighton, Shrewsbury Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Albrighton, Shrewsbury

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Albrighton, Shrewsbury history

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Albrighton was a chapelry in the parish of Shrewsbury St. Mary until 1886. The parish was abolished in 1967, just over a hundred years since it was created. The church in the village is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and is a stone building in the early Norman style.

Registers

The Albrighton Registers date back to 1563, but despite this the earliest volume has been lost. The first existing volume was likely to have begun in 1666, by William Hughes, who aimed to keep baptisms and burials separate, but this was soon given up. The transcripts of the registers are all now preserved in St. Mary’s church, Shrewsbury.

Occupation

Pimhill Hundred was very agricultural, with over half the male population working in agriculture. The retail and handcraft industry made up a quarter of the occupation. Albrighton’s earliest occupational data dates back to the late 19th century, with the 1881 census providing information.

Albrighton, Shrewsbury geography / climate

Population

The population of Albrighton never showed any major fluctuations at the turn of the nineteenth century to the twentieth. The first major increase was recorded in the 1951 census, when the population had tripled from the previous census, undertaken before World War II. Nationally the whole population rose during this time because of the post war baby boom.

Governance

As Albrighton lies in the civil parish of Pimhill, it is part of the Shrewsbury and Atcham Parliamentary constituency. In the 2019 elections Daniel Kawczynski retained his seat as a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Climate

Shropshire in 2012 has been declared a drought zone with the worst water shortage since 1976. The average rainfall in a year is expected to reach around 65cm. The climate for Albrighton is very similar throughout the county.

Transport

Albrighton is just under 50 miles away from Birmingham, the closest major city of Shropshire. The village is located on the A528 Shrewsbury-Ellesmere road. The closest train station is Shrewesbury railway station, which has direct links to Manchester, Wrexham, Crewe and London via Birmingham.

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