HARLEY, a parish in the hundred of CONDOVER,
county of SALOP, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Much
Wenlock, containing 235 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£5. 12. 1., and in the patronage of Sir Edward Kynaston,
Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The
river Perry, and the Ellesmere canal, pass through the
parish.