In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newcastle like this:
NEWCASTLE, a parochial division and a chapelry in Clun parish, Salop. The division lies on the river Clun, at the S side of Clun forest, near Offa's dyke, 3½ miles W N W of Clun, and 6½ S W of Bishops-Castle r. station; and has a post-office under Little Brampton, Shropshire. Pop., 314. ...
Houses, 63. The chapelry is larger than the division, and was constituted in 1849. Pop., 580. Houses, 123. The property is much subdivided. Anancient castle of the Fitzalans stood here; was destroyedby Owen Glendower; and is now represented by someruins. Caer-Caradoc, where Caractacus was defeated by Ostorius, and traces of an ancient British camp, are in the neighbourhood. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £160. Patron, the Earl of Powis. The church is good.
Newcastle through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newcastle in South Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21563
Date accessed: 17th May 2024
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