Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Westbury

Westbury, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire - par. (containing Minsterley), 11,274 ac., pop. 2224; township, pop. 1298; vil., If mile NW. of its sta., which is 11½ miles W. of Shrewsbury; P.O.


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

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

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