Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EDGTON

EDGTON, a parish in Clun district, Salop; near the river Onny, 4½ miles SE of Bishops-Castle, and 4¾ W by S of Marsh-Brook r. station. Post town, Aston-on-Clun, Salop. Acres, 1,832. Real property, £1, 950. Pop., 186. Houses, 42. The property is divided-among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £70.* Patron, H. Sandford, Esq. The church is old but good. .


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Edgton CP/Ch       Clun RegD/PLU       Shropshire AncC
Place: Edgton

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.