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OSWESTRY, Shropshire

"OSWESTRY, a parish, market town, and municipal borough in the Upper division of Oswestry hundred, county Salop, 18 miles N.W. of Shrewsbury, and 179 miles from London. It is a station on the Shrewsbury and Chester section of the Great Western railway, and on the Cambrian, Newtown, and Welsh Coast railway. It is one of the chief towns on the borders of Wales, and is situated on high ground on the main road from London to Holyhead."

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

Gazetteers

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

Manors

• Photograph of Llwyd Mansion (1604), Oswestry, from Peter & Janet Kirk. Added 9 Jul 2005.

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

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