Bratton,

a small township comprising 459a. 0r. 19p. of land, is pleasantly situated two miles and a quarter north-west by west from Wellington. At the census of 1841 here were 66 inhabitants. Rateable value, £755. The soil is mostly a strong loam, with some portions of clay. The chief landowners are Miss Cludde, Thomas Eyton, Esq., and the trustees of the Shrewsbury Free Grammar School.

The principal residents are Thomas Basnett, farmer; William Blackmore, shopkeeper; John Felton, farmer and butcher; Thomas Plant, farmer; Joseph Read, gamekeeper; Joshua Sankey, farmer; Samuel Tudor, vict., the Gate; George West, vict., Buck’s Head, Long lane; James Winnall, farmer, Rushmore.