ALBRIGHTON, a parish (formerly a market-town)
in the Shiffnall division of the hundred of BRIMSTREE,
county of SALOP, 6 miles (S. E. by B.) from Shiffnall,
containing 968 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Lichfield,
rated in the king's books at £5. 10., and in the alternate
patronage of the Master and Wardens of the Haberdashers'
Company, and the Governors of Christ's
Hospital, London. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. Here is a free school for six poor children, principally
supported from the tolls of the fairs, which are
held on March 5th, May 23rd, July 18th, and November
9th, for horned cattle, sheep, and hogs.