Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Knowbury

Knowbury, vil., Cainham par., and eccl. dist., partly also in Bitterley par., Shropshire--dist., pop. 1007; the vil. is 4 m. E. of Ludlow; coal abounds in the district.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shropshire AncC
Place: Knowbury

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