Hello Ken I think your first paragraph is referring to Halesowen and Oldbury. Halesowen was an ancient parish which included the township of Oldbury and a few other small places nearby, namely Cakemore, Hasbury, Hawne, Hill, Hunnington, Illey, Langley, Lapal, Ridgacre, Romsley and Warley. (Source: The Parishes and Townships of Shropshire - see sfhs.org.uk) They were a detached part of Shropshire but all transferred to Worcestershire in 1844 so it depends which side of that date you are interested in. With regard to your second paragraph the idea of somewhere in east Shropshire being linked with a Shrewsbury parish doesn't really make much sense in the days when the clergy had to walk or travel on horseback from A to B. I just wonder if this idea stems from two places in Shropshire having the same name. Albrighton, just north of Shrewsbury, was a detached Chapelry of Shrewsbury St Mary ancient parish BUT there is also an ancient parish of Albrighton between Shifnal and Wolverhampton. Whilst the two places have the same name they don't have any other connection. The publication shown above explains all these problems. Mike Shropshire, UK ______________________________ On 24/04/2011 17:43, Ken Wilson-Wheeler wrote: > Hello everyone. Is there some kind person, who is able to help me > with a couple of queries, please? > > Firstly, I know that, some 200 or so years ago, there were some > parishes, which were technically part of Shropshire but were > "detached" geographically and were in what is / was Worcestershire. > Snag is that I can't remember which ones they were. Does anyone know > which parishes they were, please? I am mainly interested in any which > were in what was once a very rural area to the north-east of > Halesowen "proper", but would also be interested to know of any > others, please. > > Secondly, I believe that there was, again some 200 or so years ago, a > chapel-of-ease somewhere in the area to the east / north-east of > Wellington / Lawley / Dawley (all now part of "Telford") and that > that chapel-of-ease was linked to St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury. > Does anyone have any knowledge of that chapel, please? Also, were > there, in the same area& time span, perhaps other such > chapel(s)-of-ease linked to St Chad's, Shrewsbury and / or Holy > Cross, Shrewsbury (aka Shrewsbury Abbey). Does anyone knowledge of > these, please? > > Many thanks in hopeful anticipation! Ken. In rural West Sussex, U.K. > > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been > answered. Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > >