A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parochial division and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Clun AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
| Place: | Newcastle |
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