In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plowden like this:
PLOWDON, a township in North Lydbury parish, Salop; on the Bishops-Castle railway, 5½ miles E S E of Bishops-Castle. It is joined to Eyton; and it has a station on the railway . Plowdon Hall is the seat of the Plowdons.
Additional information about this locality is available for Lydbury North
Plowden through time
Plowden is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plowden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plowden in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25325
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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