Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Oswestry. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Oswestry RegD/Inc/PLU
Oswestry MB
Oswestry RD
Oswestry RDean
Oswestry USD
Oswestry RSD
Oswestry LabMkt
Oswestry SubD
Oswestry Borough
Oswestry Hundred
Oswestry Ldsp
Oswestry Holy Trinity EP
Oswestry EP
Oswestry AP/CP
Oswestry Rural PA/CP
Oswestry CP/PA

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Oswestry.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Oswestry.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Shropshire Western Or Oswestry PDivCon	1885	1918
Shropshire Oswestry PDivCon	1918	1948
Oswestry CCon	1949	1982

Additional constituencies that covered Oswestry may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Oswestry:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Oswestry AP/CP
Oswestry CP/PA
Oswestry MB
Oswestry RD
Shropshire UA
Salop County O41area
Oswestry RegD/Inc/PLU
Shropshire RegC
Shropshire AdmC
Shropshire AncC
Shropshire
the West Midlands GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Oswestry.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Shropshire Northern PDivCon	1832	1884
Shropshire Western Or Oswestry PDivCon	1885	1917
Shropshire Oswestry PDivCon	1918	1948
Oswestry CCon	1949	1982
North Shropshire CCon	1983	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Oswestry. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.