Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Madeley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Madeley.-- market town and par. (ry. stations Madeley Court and Madeley Market), Shropshire, on river Severn, 6 miles NE. of Much Wenlock and within the municipal limits of Wenlock, 3025 ac., pop. (including Ironbridge and the greater part of Coalbrookdale) 9212; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. Madeley is a local government district. Productive mines of coal and ironstone are here. The ironworks are especially prosperous, and give employment to a large number of hands. Potters' clay exists in large beds. The church contains a monument to "Fletcher of Madeley" (died 1785), who was vicar.
A village in Patton hundred, in the county of Shropshire.