In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boraston like this:
BORASTON, a township-chapelry in Burford parish, Salop; at the verge of the county, on the river Teme, the Kington canal, and the Tenbury railway, 1 mile W of Tenbury. Post Town, Tenbury. Rated property, £1,141. Pop., 235. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy annexed to the rectory of Burford, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is tolerable.
Boraston through time
Boraston is now part of South Shropshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Shropshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boraston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boraston in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5396
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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