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a small township with a scattered population, is about one and three quarter miles N. from Shrewsbury. Colonel Wingfield is the only proprietor in this township, which in 1841 had 14 scattered houses and a population of 84 souls. The Shrewsbury and Chester railway intersects this township. The soil for the most part is a fertile loam.

The following are the principal farmers, viz.:—Robert Legh, Cross Hall; Ann Bromley, Hencott farm, Robert Parry, manager; Edward Randles, Old Heath; and Joseph Yates, Old Heath.