WILLEY, a parish within the liberties of the borough
of WENLOCK, county of SALOP, 4 miles (N. W.
by N.) from Bridgenorth, containing 155 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's
books at £5. 6, 3., and in the patronage of Lord Forester.
The church is dedicated to St. John the. Baptist.