Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROWTON

ROWTON, a chapelry in Ercall-Magna parish, Salop; 6 miles N W by N of Wellington r. station. Post-town, Wellington, Salop. Rated property, £3, 478. Pop., 181. The property is divided between two. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £88. Patron, the Duke of Cleveland.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ercall Magna AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Rowton

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