Culmington

The book records that at the time the manor of Culmington was held by Earl Roger of Shrewsbury and valued at £6.

[2] Before the control of the Earl, the area of Culmington and much of the Shropshire county belonged to Edric the Wild.

[3] The Saxon border thegn, Edric the Wild, held the areas of Sireton, Comitome and Elsich.

[5] The meaning of the first element of Culvestan is also uncertain, and may derive from another personal name, possibly Cuthwulf.

[4] The current Manor House was thought to be built in 1856 by Edward Wood whose family had also bought the nearby Diddlebury Hall.

[4] According to Frederic Kelly, His Majesty's Inspector of Inland Letter Carriers, the principal landowners in 1891 were Edward Wood and John Derby Allcroft.

A tablet was added to the rear wall of the church bearing the names of all that fell during the Great War.

[9] Back in the cold winter of 2010, All saints Church allowed local residents access to their stockpile of wood.

The steady decline could be due to a multitude of factors, including the emergence of industrial towns over the late 19th and early 20th century.

This is followed by 50 residents working within blue collar, skilled employment that includes many professions that would encourage self-employment.

Robert Williams (1810–1881), author of the Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum became Rector of Culmington in 1879 and died there in 1881 and was buried in the churchyard in 1881.

[17] Culmington Camp Ring east of the village is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle.

[15] Culmington Manor is a 100-acre (40 ha) estate that today hosts various events and residential trips, providing exceptional facilities in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Total population of Culmington Parish, Shropshire as reported from the census of population from 1811–2011
An exploding Pie Chart detailing the breakdown of type of employment within the Parish of Culmington.