Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clun

Clun, market town and par., S. Shropshire, on river Clun, 5½ miles N. of Knighton and 150 miles NW. of London, 19,782 ac., pop. 2247; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday; has some remains of a Norman castle, said to have been the scene of Scott's Betrothed.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Clun AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Clun

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