COUND, a parish in the hundred of CONDOVER,
county of SALOP, 6 miles (N.W.) from Much Wenlock,
containing, with the chapelry of Cressage, 799 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Salop, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in
the king's books at £33, and in the patronage of John
C. Pelham, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
The river Severn runs through the parish.