Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wroxeter

Wroxeter, par. and vil., Shropshire - par., 4774 ac., pop. 488; vil., 6 miles SE. of Shrewsbury; P.O.; the par. has extensive remains of the Roman station Uriconium, and has yielded many Roman antiquities.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wroxeter AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Wroxeter

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