* Harris Jane, shopkeeper and vict., Red Castle
* Harris Mrs. S., farmer
Leech George, shopkeeper
* Marsh John, butcher
* Pearce John, medicine vendor (Ploughman’s drops)
* Rogers Rev. George, Independent minister and boarding school proprietor
* Walmsley Robert, farmer
MONTFORD
is a parish and pleasantly situated village on the banks of the river Severn, five miles N.W. from Shrewsbury. The parish of Montford contains the townships of Montford, Endson, and Forton, having conjointly 2,937 acres of land; and in 1801, 456 inhabitants; 1831, 566; and in 1841, 102 houses and a population of 490 souls. Rateable value, £3,519. 10s. There is a fine sheet of water in this parish, covering 47 acres. The river Severn is crossed by a noble and substantial stone bridge, and hence Montford is usually called Montford Bridge. The London and Holyhead turnpike road intersects the township, which contains 987a. 2r. of land. Rateable value, £1,308. 5s. The soil is a mixture of loam and sand, and highly fertile. At the census of 1841 Montford township is returned as containing 92 houses and 434 inhabitants; but there is no separate return made of the township of Forton, which contains 19 houses. The Church is a venerable fabric, consisting of nave and chancel, with a square tower, in which are three bells. The chancel and the body of the church were re-built in 1737. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £4. 18s. 6d.; now returned at £246; in the patronage of the Earl of Powis, and incumbency of the Rev. George Arthur Clive, M.A. The vicarage is a good residence of brick, about a quarter of a mile from the church. It was built in 1842, and being lofty, has an imposing appearance. There is a free school in the village, which is chiefly supported by voluntary subscriptions. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor and proprietor of the whole township. The houses on the south side of the river at Montford Bridge are partly in Bicton and partly in Montford. There is a branch post office at Mr. Jones’s, Swan Inn, Montford Bridge.
Clive Rev. George Arthur, M.A., The Vicarage