CARDINGTON, a parish in the hundred of MUNSLOW,
county of SALOP, 4 miles (B. by N.) from Church -
Stretton, containing 687 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of
Hereford, rated in the king's books at £ 6.2.6, and in
the patronage of R. Hunt, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. James. There is an endowed school, the
estate belonging to which produces £ 25 per annum. A
species of very fine quartz, considered equal in quality
to that brought from Caernarvonshire, for the use of
the potteries, is found here; the parish abounds also
with clay.