BENTHALL, a parish within the liberties of the
borough of WENLOCK, county of SALOP, 2 miles
(N.E. by N.) from Much Wenlock, containing 554 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, endowed
with £800 royal bounty, and £1200 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Much
Wenlock. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
The population are principally employed in the potteries
established here. The navigable river Severn flows past
this place.