Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pontesbury

Pontesbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire - par., 10,667 ac., pop. 3060; vil., 8 miles SW. of Shrewsbury; P.O., T.O.; the par. is ecclesiastically divided into 3 "Portions" - First Portion, pop. 1387; Second Portion, pop. 901; Third Portion, pop. 772.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Pontesbury AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Pontesbury

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