Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IFTON-RHYN

IFTON-RHYN, a township in St. Martin parish, Salop; near Watts Dyke and the Ellesmere canal, 5 miles W by N of Ellesmere. Real property, £5, 007. Pop., 975. Houses, 213. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in collieries.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Shropshire AncC
Place: Ifton Heath

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