A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MORETON, or MORTON, a township in Oswestry parish, and a chapelry partly also in Llanyblodwell parish, Salop. The township lies on the Montgomery canal and the Cambrian railway, between Offa's dyke and Watt's dyke, near Pant r. station, 2 miles from the boundary with Wales, and 3½ S of Oswestry. Pop., 147. The chapelry was constituted in 1861; and includes also the townships of Crickheath, Llynclys, and Sweeney. Posttown, Oswestry. Pop. of the O. portion, 766. Houses, 161. Pop. of the L. portion, 57. Houses, 13. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £669. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanyblodwel AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
| Place names: | MORETON | MORETON OR MORTON | MORTON |
| Place: | Moreton |
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