Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DOVASTON

DOVASTON, a township in Kinnerley parish, Salop; 6½ miles SE of Oswestry. Pop., 157. A spot, called Kynaston's leap, on Dovaston common, is named after the famous outlaw.


(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: Dovaston Tn       Kinnerley AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Dovaston

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