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"WROXETER, a parish in the Wellington division of South Bradford hundred, county Salop, 6.1 miles S.E. of Shrewsbury. The parish, which is bounded on the W. by the Severn, comprises the townships of Donnington, Dryton, Eyton, Norton, and Rushton. The soil is generally a rich loam, alternated with gravel, and the substratum contains coal, which is partially worked."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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