A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLUNBURY, a township and a parish in Clun district, Salop. The township lies on the river Clun, 2¾ miles NW of Broom and Aston r. station, and 4½ E of Clun. Pop., 258. The parish contains also the townships of Causton, Clunton, Kempton, Obley, and Purslow; and its post town is Aston-on-Clun. Acres, 5, 404. Real property, £9, 987. Pop., 1, 029. Houses, 213. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £120.* Patron, the Earl of Powis. The church is ancient and tolerable. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clunbury AP/CP Clun RegD/PLU Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Clunbury |
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