In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oxon like this:
OXON and SHELTON, a township-chapelry in St. Chad parish, Salop; on the river Severn, 2 miles W N W of Shrewsbury. Post-town, Shrewsbury. Rated property, £3, 840. Pop., 430. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of St. Chad. The church is good.
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Oxon through time
Oxon is now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Shrewsbury and Atcham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oxon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oxon, in Shrewsbury and Atcham and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25322
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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