Has anyone heard of this place?

[Jayson]

Hi

I have a couple of wills from the 1600s, and in them there is a John Salmon, yeoman described as of being from a place called the "Morrey", Salop. 

Is this a place in Shropshire or would it be the name of a farm?

Thanks

Jayson

[Necromancer]

via the GENUKI site (via Google)

ADDERLEY, (or Atherley), a parish in the hundred of North Bradford, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the N.W. of Market Drayton. It is situated on the Grand Junction canal and the river Weaver. It comprises the townships of the Morrey and Spoonley.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield value £665, in the patronage of Richard Corbet. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The parochial charities amount to £68 a year. Shavington Hall, the residence of the Earl of Kilmorey, and Adderley Hall are the principal seats."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

[s.g.d.]

Higher Morrey,Middle Morrey and Lower Morrey are all a couple of miles NW of Shavington which is near Adderley.

s.g.d.

[Jayson]

Hi

Thank you so much for replying to my post.  Sorry about the belated thank you.

Jayson