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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MORETON, a hamlet and a chapelry in Gnosall parish, Stafford. The hamlet lies adjacent to the boundary with Salop, near the Shropshire Union railway, 3 miles ESE of Newport r. station. Real property, with Wilbrighton, £4,229. The chapelry was constituted in 1845; and its Post town is Newport, Salop. Pop.,.679. Houses, 152. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £45.* Patron, the Incumbent of Gnosall. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gnosall AP/Ch/CP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Moreton |
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