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EDGMOND, Shropshire

"EDGMOND, a parish in the Newport division of the hundred of South Bradford, county Salop, 2 miles N.W. of Newport, its post town and railway station on the Shropshire Union line, and 8 N.E. of Wellington. The village, which is considerable, is situated near the Union canal, on the road between Newport and Shrewsbury. The parish is of large extent, and contains the townships of Adney, Buttery, Calvington, Caynton, Cherrington, Chetwynd-Aston, Church-Aston, Edgmond, Pickstock, Standford, and Tibberton."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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• The transcription of the section for Edgmond from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

[Original page by Brian Pears 21 Mar 2003 (Gaz3 v01.19)]

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