ATCHAM, a parish in the Wellington division of
the hundred of BRADFORD (South), county of SALOP,
4 miles (S. E. by B.) from Shrewsbury, containing 489
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Lichfield and
Coventry, rated in the king's books at £11. 6. 8., and
in the patronage of R. Burton, Esq. The Roman Watling-
street passes through this parish, and crosses the
Severn.