Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leighton

Leighton, par. and vil., Shropshire, on river Severn, 3½ miles NW. of Much Wenlock, 2151 ac., pop. 298; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Leighton Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Leighton AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Leighton

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