Highley, Shropshire

Description
Highley, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands on a rising ground, adjacent to the river Severn, 7 miles SSE of Bridgnorth, and has a station on the Severn Valley branch of the G.W.R., and a post and money order office under Bridgnorth; telegraph office at the railway station. The parish comprises 1578 acres; population, 526. Coal is worked. The parish is hilly and picturesque, commands views of the Clee Hills and Wrekior, and has always been in local repute for corn, fruit, and cider. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £168 with residence. The church was partially restored in 1880, and consists of tower, nave, and chancel. It occupies the site of a Saxon church at one time in the patronage of Lady Godiva. A feature of the church is a Tudor waggon-roof in oak, with carved bosses. There is a Wesleyan chapel.