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LEIGHTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1824.

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"LEIGHTON, a parish in the Wellington division of the hundred of Bradford South. 76 houses, 375 inhahitants. 3½ miles north of Wenlock.

Near the village of Leighton, nine miles south-east of Shrewsbury, is the seat of Thomas Kynnersley, Esq., an indefatigable and persevering magistrate. The house is a respectable brick building, situated in a fertile valley, watered by the Severn, and has a charming prospect over a rich and highly cultivated country."

" GAMISTON (or GARMISTON), a township in the parish of Leighton, and in the Wellington division of the hundred of Bradford, South. 9 miles south-east of Shrewsbury.

[Transcribed information from A Gazetteer of Shropshire - T Gregory - 1824](unless otherwise stated)

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2015]