Lilleshall, Shropshire Genealogy

England   Shropshire



Parish History
Lilleshall St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire. Other places in the parish include: Donington, Muxton, and Donnington.

Lilleshall Abbey dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and now in the care of English Heritage. The remains of the abbey include the ruined crossing, transepts, chapels either side of the chancel, west tower, nave and presbytery of the church and a fine example of a Transitional Norman doorway. The claustral buildings were arranged to the south and include the ruins of the vestry, cloisters, chapter house and frater. There are also traces of the precinct wall to the south, and to the north-west of the precinct are two areas containing earthworks of two fishponds.

LILLESHALL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newport, Newport division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Newport; containing, with the townships of Donnington, Abbey St. John, and Muxton, 3851 inhabitants. About 1145, an abbey for Regular canons of the order of St. Augustine was founded here, which at the Dissolution had a revenue of £327. 10.: the ivy-covered ruins of the buildings present an interesting and imposing object. A branch of the Donnington-Wood, or Marquess of Stafford's, canal, terminates in the northern part of the parish. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 17. 11.; net income, £345; patron and impropriator, the Duke of Sutherland; incumbent, the Rev. George Livingstone Fenton. The church, with the exception of its handsome tower, which is of much older date, appears to have been built about the time of the Restoration: in the chancel is a beautiful marble monument in memory of Sir Richard and Lady Katherine Leveson. A second church has been erected at Donnington-Wood, at the expense of the Duke of Sutherland. There are two schools, one at Donnington, and the other at Lilleshall, the latter supported by his grace. Lady Katherine Leveson left several benefactions to the poor.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 85-87. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51107 Date accessed: 12 May 2011.

A chapel of ease for this parish was built at Pains Lane and consecrated in 1806.It later formed a parish Lilleshall St George (Pains Lane), Shropshire

Donington Wood, Shropshire was also a chapel of ease to this parish.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1675-1924 Marr 1675-187 Bur 1675-1924 Missing Bap/Bur 1872

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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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