Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YOCKLETON

YOCKLETON, a township in Westbury parish, Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Welshpool railway, 6¾ miles WSW of Shrewsbury. It has a post-office under Shrewsbury, and a r. station. Pop., 251.


(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: Westbury AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Yockleton

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