← History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire [1851]
Chapter 95
West Felton
parish includes the townships of West Felton, Haughton, Rednall, Sandford, Sutton, Tedsmore, Twyford, and Woolston, together comprising 5,989a. 2r. 9p. of land, the soil of which is a mixture of sand and loam. The meadows produce a fine herbage, and being intersected by the river Perry, which, frequently overflowing its banks, and covering hundreds of acres, produces the greatest fertility and luxuriance. In 1801 the parish contained 926 inhabitants; in 1831, 1,093; and in 1841, 1,087. Rateable value, £8,314. 14s. George Edwards, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted in 1838 for the sum of £1,008.