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GREAT NESS, Shropshire

"GREAT NESS, (or Ness, Magna), a parish in the hundred of Pimhill, county Salop, 8 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, its post town, and 3½ S.W. of Baschurch railway station. The parish, which is situated on the road from Shrewsbury to Oswestry, is of large extent, containing the townships of Nesscliff, Hopton, Kinton, Willcot, Felton-Butler, and Alderton. The surface is undulating, and nearly in the centre of the parish is a rocky cliff called Ness Cliff. The soil consists of sandy loam with a subsoil of sand rock."

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

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


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