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Albrighton has gone through a number of name changes, from Etbritone in the Domesday Book, Eadbutton in 1167, Albricton in 1221, Adbrighton in 1279 and then to what it is now, Albrighton in 1541.
Albrighton is situated near to the area of the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.
The village was purchased from the Crown by a local gentleman, Mr Thomas Ireland for the sum of £292.69.