Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW

MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW, three townships in Ruabon parish, Denbigh; on the Shrewsbury and Oswestry railway, 5 miles N of Chirk. Real property, £6,677. Pop., 3,467,130 and 191. Morton Hall is a chief residence. Many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries and iron-works.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "three townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Morton Above Tn       Rhiwabon CP/AP       Denbighshire AncC
Place: Moreton

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