ABDON, a parish in the hundred of MUNSLOW,
county of SALOP, 9 miles (N. E. by N.) from Ludlow,
containing 157 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of
Hereford, rated in the king's books at £3. 6. 8., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Earl of Pembroke. The
church is dedicated to St. Margaret.