I have a birthplace recorded on 1851 Census of Shropshire, Clay Hill, does anyone with a better knowledge of the area know if this was a place in its own right or is it likely to be what we now know as Clee Hill?
This is from an 1811 book. I don't know whether it's your Clay Hill.
"Clay Hill commonly called Brown Clay Hill, Shropshire. This hill is nearly a mile south from the village called Prior's Ditton. There is an ancient work of stone on this hill inclosing a considerable space of ground on the south west corner is the station."
Genuki has this, the highlighted text (by me) seems to me it's the same place as your Clay Hill;
CLEE, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"CLEE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, 7 miles N.E. of Ludlow, its post town. It is situated under Brown Clee Hill and on Clee Brook. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford, value £172, in the patronage of the Rev. H. T. Pelham, who is lord of the manor. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure."
"COXHEAD FORD, a hamlet in the parish of Clee St. Margaret, in the county of Salop, 7 miles N. of Ludlow."
Comment