England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Uffington Holy Trinity

The Parish

The parish of Uffington lies in central Shropshire just east (about 2 miles) of the county capital city of Shrewsbury. Uffington lies on a bend on the River Severn, one of Great Britain's great rivers, just east of the busy A49 road which bypasses Shrewsbury to the east. The village lies on a north-south running lane parallel to the course of the River Severn; the parish is at about 50 metres above sea level despite the great run of the river to its exit into the Bristol Channel. The parish consisted of a core based upon the village plus an area known as Haughton Demesne, a quasi extra parochial area. The area was traditionally pastoral farming with cattle on the flood plain of the river, however there was also some mining and quarrying in the parish. The parish covered just over 1,000 acres and supported around 150 parishioners. Uffington has a long history where it features in Domesday Book supporting no fewer than 12 ploughs.

The Church

Holy Trinity church is sited at the northern end of the main village to the west of a bend in the minor lane which leads through. The church is a modern replacement for an earlier church which was believed to be 14th century. The current building was erected in the 1850s and is described by Pevsner as "modest" with a nave and chancel in one topped off with a bellcote (a feature of the original building too). The building utilises the local Grinshill sandstone which was quarried in the parish through the centuries and forms the 100 meter bluff of Haughmond Hill to the east of the village.