Old Parr's cottage, in the parish of Alberbury, has under-gone very little alteration since the period when Parr himself occupied it, and that a corner beside the huge misshapen chimney is shewn as the place where the Nestor of Shropshire used to sit.
"Old Parr", is reputed to have been born in 1483, at Winnington, Shropshire, the son of a farmer, John Parr of Winnington near Shrewsbury in the county of Shropshire. In 1500 he is said to have left his home and entered domestic service, and in 1518 to have returned to Winnington to occupy the small holding he then inherited on the death of his father.
The parish register of Thomas Parr's native village proves that fact. Legal documents show that he inherited a small dairy farm in 1560. He was a man of the earth and worked the land all his life, even at the age 145!
