In 1868 Lydbury North, or North Lydbury, was described as a parish in the hundred of Purslow, county Salop, 3 miles S.E. of Bishop's Castle, its post town, and 8 S.W. of Church Stretton. The Craven Arms station, on the Shrewsbury and Hereford line of railway, is about 8 miles W. from the village, which is situated on the main road from Bishop's Castle to that station. The parish, which is of large extent, includes the townships of Acton, Brocton, Choulton, Eaton, Eyton and Plowden, Lower Down, and Totterton.