MELVERLEY, a parish in the hundred of OSWESTRY,
county of SALOP, 11 miles (W. N. W.) from
Shrewsbury, containing 225 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
St. Asaph, and in the patronage of the Rector of Llandrinio.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter.