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"HODNET, a parish in the Drayton division of the hundred of North Bradford, county Salop, 6 miles S.W. of Market Drayton, its post town, 7 from Wem, and 12 N. of Wellington. It is situated on the river Tern, and on the road from Shrewsbury to Market Drayton. The parish is of large extent, containing the chapelry and township of Weston, with 12 other townships. It was formerly a market town, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as Odenett, whence it gave name to the hundred."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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