Place:


Rowton  Shropshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowton like this:

ROWTON, a chapelry in Ercall-Magna parish, Salop; 6 miles N W by N of Wellington r. station. Post-town, Wellington, Salop. Rated property, £3, 478. Pop., 181. The property is divided between two. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £88. Patron, the Duke of Cleveland.

Additional information about this locality is available for Ercall Magna

Rowton through time

Rowton is now part of Telford and Wrekin district. Click here for graphs and data of how Telford and Wrekin has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rowton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowton, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23945

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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